The ongoing
second edition of the week-long Smile International Film Festival for Children
and Youth (SIFFCY) by Smile Foundation held at Sirifort Auditorium announced
the winners across categories in the capital in the presence of the ace actor,
Vinay Pathak. ‘Chidiya’ by Mehran Amrohi walked away with the Best Film award
whereas Mr. Eduard Bordukov won the Best Director award for his movie, ‘The
Pitch’.
Best Story
award was won by ‘At Eye Level’ by Joachim Dollhoph and Leonie Souchaud was
awarded as the Best Actor for her movie ‘Fanny’s Journey’. ‘King’s Day’ by
Steven Wouterlood received the Best Short Film award. Award in the special
category of films on the special message was won by the movie ‘Mr. Frog’ by
Anna Van Der Heide. Movie ‘Famous in Ahmedabad’ by Hardik Mehta received a
Special Mention award.
The jury
included Ms. Sannette Naeye, Netherlands, Mr. Ashok Rane, India and Ms. Fusun
Eriksen, Denman. A special award, Best Students Film (Next Gen) selected by the
students was won by ‘Fish Hook’ by Jeswin Jose.
The festival
received a footfall of over 15,000 and more than 2000 film entries this year
from around 50 countries across the globe. 22 films that have been judicially
selected by the jury cover categories across feature, non-feature and
critically acclaimed Indian films.
On the
occasion of the award ceremony, Jitendra Mishra, Festival Director, SIFFCY
said, ‘We have received a huge footfall of 15,000 and with the participation of
International and National juries and eminent personalities; SIFFCY has been a
huge success this year.’
‘There are
very few such film festivals for Children and youth. It is important that we
promote good and inspiring cinema and we need more such film festivals like
this in the country’, said by Vinay Pathak, well-known theatre and film actor.
Adding on,
Mr. Santanu Mishra, Chairman, SIFFCY said, ‘We are really thankful to our
promoters and supporters for their continuous and generous support. We have
greater plans to come back with a bigger and better edition 3 of SIFFCY next
year.’
The festival
was associated with Emars Events as their production partner and Book My Show
as the support partner where BMS facilitated the screenings and workshops for
the underprivileged children during SIFFCY.
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