Author: Smile Team

Malnutrition has been a big concern in one of the largest milk producing districts of Asia. However for over a year now, Smile Foundation has been successfully working in Banaskantha to fight against anaemia, malnutrition among adolescent girls.

Under the programme, the foundation has been supplying a unique ‘nutritious laddoo’ who’s recipe has been created by Chef Vikas Khanna.

“More than 70 per cent of the 1,000 girls covered under the project have experienced tremendous improvement in haemoglobin levels as well as the BMI status, leading to improved health and nutrition levels. The programme has a footprint across 10 villages in Palanpur, touching the lives of more than 1,000 beneficiaries.”

Shantanu Mishra, co-founder, Smile Foundation

Under the initiative named Sampoorna, a total of 15,000 laddoos were distributed to girls over a period of 10 months. The laddoos were given twice a week and had to be consumed at the centre itself.

This was supplemented with iron and folic acid tablets at periodic intervals. In addition, several knowledge enhancement activities were conducted among girls and the community pertaining to food and nutrition like kitchen gardening, which underlined the importance of healthy eating habits and a balanced diet.

“A baseline study conducted in the region by Smile Foundation to assess the nutritional status of adolescent girls (14 to 19 years), revealed that 78 per cent of adolescent girls are anaemic (varying from mild to severe), a much higher percentage than the national average of 50.3 per cent,” Mishra said.

Chef Khanna who came up with the recipe of the laddoo has used locally available ingredients like jaggery, sesame seeds and maize flour to develop an easy to make and low cost supplement that helped the girls improve their iron levels.

Source : https://fit.thequint.com/her-health/special-ladoo-for-malnutrition-gujarat-girls

Malnutrition has been a big concern in one of the largest milk-producing districts of Asia. However for over a year now, Smile Foundation has been successfully working in Banaskantha to fight against anaemia, malnutrition among adolescent girls.

Under the programme, the foundation has been supplying a unique ‘nutritious laddoo’ who’s recipe has been created by Chef Vikas Khanna.

“More than 70 per cent of the 1,000 girls covered under the project have experienced tremendous improvement in haemoglobin levels as well as the BMI status, leading to improved health and nutrition levels. The programme has a footprint across 10 villages in Palanpur, touching the lives of more than 1,000 beneficiaries,” said Shantanu Mishra, co-founder, Smile Foundation.

Under the initiative named Sampoorna, a total of 15,000 laddoos were distributed to girls over 10 months. The laddoos were given twice a week and had to be consumed at the centre itself.

This was supplemented with iron and folic acid tablets at periodic intervals. Besides, many knowledge enhancement activities were conducted among girls and the community about food and nutrition like kitchen gardening, which underlined the importance of healthy eating habits and a balanced diet.

“A baseline study conducted in the region by Smile Foundation to assess the nutritional status of adolescent girls (14 to 19 years), revealed that 78 per cent of adolescent girls are anaemic (varying from mild to severe), a much higher percentage than the national average of 50.3 per cent,” Mishra said.

Chef Khanna who came up with the recipe of the laddoo has used locally available ingredients like jaggery, sesame seeds and maize flour to develop an easy to make and low-cost supplement that helped the girls improve their iron levels.

The project is in alignment with the government’s Poshiyan Abhiyan and Anaemia Mukt Bharat initiative that endeavours to reduce the prevalence of anaemia by 3 per cent points per year between 2018 and 2022.

Delhi, Dec. 16 — Iran reigned supreme at the awards ceremony of the 5th edition of Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY 2019)withAbas Aram HERE MY VILLAGE;winning as many as 4 categories that included Best Story, Best Director, Film Critics Circle of India and CIFEJ awards.Belgium was the next big winner with as many as 4 awards withBinti; by Frederike Migomshining bright receiving humongous applause from the audience. Featuring 150 films from 50 countries in over 30 different languages, SIFFCY 2019 screened socially relevant cinema, intending to initiate a positive change in the world by impacting the youth with the films.

At Award Ceremony of 5th Edition of Smile International Film Festival

With as many as 7 categories and 17 awards, the ceremony got the attention of international critics and cinema-enthusiasts. The categories of awards extended from the International Competition Feature, Film Critics Circle of India Award, International Competition Shorts, Next-Gen Students film to ECFA Award and CIFEJ Award. SIFFCY, a one-of-its-kind carnival for good cinema lauded the young talent with many other recognitions.

Bagging laurels doe their exemplary contribution to world cinema, here the list of all the winners for the evening:

International Competition Feature Award
Best Story: Here My Village by Abas Aram (Iran)
Best Actor: Bebel Tshiani Baloji for Binti (Belgium)
Best Director: Abas Aram for Here My Village (Iran)
Special Mention: Inventing Tomorrow by Laura Nix
Best Film (Youth): Fight Girl by Johan Timmers (Netherlands)
Best Film (Children): Binti by Frederike Migom (Belgium)
International Competition-Short Films Award
Best Childrens Film: Matilda by Ireine Iborra (France) and Eduardo Puertos (Belgium)
Best International Short For Youth: Three Feet by Giselle Geney (Columbia)
Best Story: This Side-Other Side by Lida Fazli (Iran)
Youth Jury Award
Best film: Flowing Through Wonder by Joanna Lurie (France)
Best Story: MaradonaS Legs by Firas Khoury (Palestine and Germany)
Children Jury Award
Best Film: This Side-Other Side by Lida Fazli (Iran)
Best Story: Matilda by Ireine Iborra (France) and Eduardo Puertos (Belgium)
ECFA Award
Too Far Away by Sarah Winkenstette (Germany)
Film Critics Circle of India Award
Best Film: Here My Village by Abas Aram (Iran)
Special Citation: Fight Girl by Johan Timmers (Netherlands)
CIFEJ Award
Here My Village by Abas Aram (Iran)

The event orbiting around the idea to engage, entertain, educate and empower young minds through meaningful films, welcomed a jury of international judges including — John Stevenson (UK), Julia Jarl (Sweden), Mitsuo Tahira (Japan), Felix Vanginderhuysen, Founder, Secretary General-ECFA, Renowned European film distributor (Belgium), Judita Soukupov, International Film Festival Director (Czech Republic), Michael Harbauer, Festival Director of IFF Schlingel, German Distributor (Germany), Josep Arbiol, President of the Cultural Association Jordi el Mussol, Director of the Valencia Film Festival for Children, Youth (Spain), Mohsen Chiniforoushan, Secretary-General, CIFEJ, Former General and Managing Director of Kanoon (Iran), Pamla Bisson, Film Maker, New-age media artist (Canada), Ratnottama Sengupta, National Award-winning film critic (India), Utpal Datta, National Award-winning film critic (India), Johnson Thomas, Eminent Journalist (India), Hilde Steenssens, international Film Festival Director, Programmer (Belgium), Kim Sang-Hwa, Animation Professor, Festival Director – Busan International Kids Youth Film Festival (Korea), Mama Marlaine, Motivational Speaker, (USA) and Daniel Lundquist, Swedish festival producer programmer (Sweden).

Along with being India biggest film festival for children and youth, the event is also the only non-European festival to present the ECFA award.

Appreciating SIFFCYs endeavours,Felix Vanginderhuysen, Founder, Secretary-General, Renowned European film distributor (Belgium) and International Jury of SIFFCY 19said, I admire the efforts put by SIFFCY to inspire the young minds. This is the third consecutive visit of mine to the fest and I feel honoured and thankful to be a part of it. Eager to continue with the association, I am already looking forward to SIFFCY 2020.

Speaking on the occasion,Santanu Mishra, Executive Trustee of Smile Foundation and Chairman, SIFFCY, said, With SIFFCY turning 5, I look back at the journey and realise what a long way it has come. SIFFCY has evolved over time as it contributes to creativity in the world, sensitising it and making it more humane to live in. The carnival celebrating young talent realises the power of cinema and how it can impact the world; to change it for good. The fest intends to leave a mark on the young minds as they are the leaders of tomorrow and have the potential to transform this world in a place, which is worth living in and living for.

Mr. Jitendra Mishra, Festival Director, SIFFCYsaid in a statement, SIFFCY is not just about screening international films but appreciating the efforts and the energy invested by the people involved, especially children and the youth. The festival encourages young talent and influences it positively to bring a wave of change that makes it all count. SIFFCY recognises good cinema and makes it reach as many people as it can. Acknowledging the budding talent, it looks forward to metamorphose the world only for it grow wings and discover new horizons of success, love, and empathy.

Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth is supported by BookMyShows charity initiative – BookASmile, the association is going strong with BookMyShow encouraging the event for the fourth year in a row, backing the cause to extend a good cinema to one and all and convey a message of significance along with it.

SIFFCY is a unique film platform by Smile Foundation devoted to a greater appreciation of meaningful cinemas made for children and youth which can bring a change in the society by showcasing those films, supporting emerging filmmakers, recognising the pioneers and leaders of the similar industry and by promoting the diverse perspectives of Good World Cinema.

The 5th Edition of Smile International Film Festival concluded on 15th December 2019 at Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi.

For more information on SIFFCY 2019, please visitsiffcy.org/siffcy-2019.html

About Smile Foundation

Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation reaching out to more than 7, 50, 000 underprivileged children, youth and women directly every year through more than 250 welfare projects on subjects such as education, healthcare, youth employability, and women empowerment across 25 states of India. Adopting a life cycle approach of development, Smile Foundation focuses its interventions on children, their families and the community.

Iran reigned supreme at the awards ceremony of the 5th edition of Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY 2019) with Abas Aram’s ‘HERE MY VILLAGE’ winning as many as 4 categories that included Best Story, Best Director, Film Critics Circle of India and CIFEJ awards. Belgium was the next big winner with as many as 4 awards with ‘Binti’ by Frederike Migom shining bright receiving humongous applause from the audience. Featuring 150 films from 50 countries in over 30 different languages, SIFFCY 2019 screened socially relevant cinema, intending to initiate a positive change in the world by impacting the youth with the films.

Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/press-release-section/?c_article_id=13052&c_author_id=9031

Iran reigned supreme at the awards ceremony of the 5th edition of Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY 2019) with Abas Aram’s ‘HERE MY VILLAGE’ winning as many as 4 categories that included Best Story, Best Director, Film Critics Circle of India and CIFEJ awards.

Belgium was the next big winner with as many as 4 awards with ‘Binti’ by Frederike Migom shining bright receiving humongous applause from the audience. Featuring 150 films from 50 countries in over 30 different languages, SIFFCY 2019 screened socially relevant cinema, intending to initiate a positive change in the world by impacting the youth with the films.

With as many as 7 categories and 17 awards, the ceremony got the attention of international critics and cinema-enthusiasts. The categories of awards extended from the International Competition Feature, Film Critics Circle of India Award, International Competition Shorts, Next-Gen Students film to ECFA Award and CIFEJ Award. SIFFCY, a one-of-its-kind carnival for good cinema lauded the young talent with many other recognitions.

Bagging laurels doe their exemplary contribution to world cinema, here’s the list of all the winners for the evening:

International Competition Feature Award-
Best Story: HERE MY VILLAGE by Abas Aram (Iran)
Best Actor: Bebel Tshiani Baloji for Binti (Belgium)
Best Director: Abas Aram for HERE MY VILLAGE (Iran)
Special Mention: Inventing Tomorrow by Laura Nix
Best Film (Youth): Fight Girl by Johan Timmers (Netherlands)
Best Film (Children): Binti by Frederike Migom (Belgium)
International Competition-Short Films Award-
Best Children’s Film: Matilda by Ireine Iborra (France) and Eduardo Puertos (Belgium)
Best International Short For Youth: Three Feet by Giselle Geney (Columbia)
Best Story: This Side-Other Side by Lida Fazli (Iran)
Youth Jury Award-
Best film: Flowing Through Wonder by Joanna Lurie (France)
Best Story: Maradona’S Legs by Firas Khoury (Palestine and Germany)
Children Jury Award-
Best Film: This Side-Other Side by Lida Fazli (Iran)
Best Story: Matilda by Ireine Iborra (France) and Eduardo Puertos (Belgium)
ECFA Award-
Too Far Away by Sarah Winkenstette (Germany)
Film Critics Circle of India Award-
Best Film: HERE MY VILLAGE by Abas Aram (Iran)
Special Citation: Fight Girl by Johan Timmers (Netherlands)
CIFEJ Award-
HERE MY VILLAGE by Abas Aram (Iran)

The event orbiting around the idea to engage, entertain, educate and empower young minds through meaningful films, welcomed a jury of international judges including — John Stevenson (UK), Julia Jarl (Sweden), Mitsuo Tahira (Japan), Felix Vanginderhuysen, Founder, Secretary General-ECFA, Renowned European film distributor (Belgium), Judita Soukupova, International Film Festival Director (Czech Republic), Michael Harbauer, Festival Director of IFF Schlingel, German Distributor (Germany), Josep Arbiol, President of the Cultural Association ‘Jordi el Mussol’, Director of the Valencia Film Festival for Children, Youth (Spain), Mohsen Chiniforoushan, Secretary-General, CIFEJ, Former General and Managing Director of Kanoon (Iran), Pamela Bisson, Film Maker, New-age media artist (Canada), Ratnottama Sengupta, National Award-winning film critic (India), Utpal Datta, National Award-winning film critic (India), Johnson Thomas, Eminent Journalist (India), Hilde Steenssens, International Film Festival Director, Programmer (Belgium), Kim Sang-Hwa, Animation Professor, Festival Director – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival (Korea), Mama Marlaine, Motivational Speaker, (USA) and Daniel Lundquist, Swedish festival producer & programmer (Sweden).

Along with being India’s biggest film festival for children and youth, the event is also the only non-European festival to present the ECFA award.

Appreciating SIFFCY’s endeavours, Felix Vanginderhuysen, Founder, Secretary-General, Renowned European film distributor (Belgium) and International Jury of SIFFCY ’19 said, “I admire the efforts put by SIFFCY to inspire the young minds. This is the third consecutive visit of mine to the fest and I feel honoured and thankful to be a part of it. Eager to continue with the association, I am already looking forward to SIFFCY 2020.”

Speaking on the occasion, Santanu Mishra, Executive Trustee of Smile Foundation and Chairman, SIFFCY, said, “With SIFFCY turning 5, I look back at the journey and realise what a long way it has come. SIFFCY has evolved over time as it contributes to creativity in the world, sensitising it and making it more humane to live in. The carnival celebrating young talent realises the power of cinema and how it can impact the world; to change it for good. The fest intends to leave a mark on the young minds as they are the leaders of tomorrow and have the potential to transform this world in a place, which is worth living in and living for.”

Jitendra Mishra, Festival Director, SIFFCY said in a statement, “SIFFCY is not just about screening international films but appreciating the efforts and the energy invested by the people involved, especially children and the youth. The festival encourages young talent and influences it positively to bring a wave of change that makes it all count. SIFFCY recognises good cinema and makes it reach as many people as it can. Acknowledging the budding talent, it looks forward to metamorphose the world only for it grow wings and discover new horizons of success, love, and empathy.”

Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth is supported by BookMyShow’s charity initiative – BookASmile, the association is going strong with BookMyShow encouraging the event for the fourth year in a row, backing the cause to extend a good cinema to one and all and convey a message of significance along with it.

SIFFCY is a unique film platform by Smile Foundation devoted to a greater appreciation of meaningful cinemas made for children and youth which can bring a change in the society by showcasing those films, supporting emerging filmmakers, recognising the pioneers and leaders of the similar industry and by promoting the diverse perspectives of Good World Cinema.

The 5th Edition of Smile International Film Festival concluded on December 15 at Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi.

Fujifilm India Private Limited, a pioneer in imaging technologies proudly announces a strategic Partnership for its INSTAX range of instant Cameras with 5th edition of Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY) – A Smile Foundation Initiative.

The festival aims to engage, entertain, educate & empower young minds and it coherent’ s with Fujifilm’s philosophy of enhancing the quality of life of people worldwide. Through films that represent much more than entertainment and is considered the most powerful medium to depict reality and emulate values.

INSTAX has certainly come a long way ever since its launch back in 1998. Today, it is a global hit with presence in more than 100 countries and regions with approximately 40 million units sold worldwide. Its quirky design and retro look have helped the brand carve a winning niche for itself.

The company further aims to enhance INSTAX’s awareness and will be conducting a DIY workshop at SIFFCY this year. The DIY sessions will give a chance to these young minds to explore their creativity on INSTAX range of cameras and will assist aspiring photographers to improve their skills.

Speaking about the collaboration, Haruto Iwata, Managing Director, Fujifilm India Pvt Ltd. said, “We are honored to be associated with the 5th edition of SIFFCY – A Smile Foundation Initiative. Kids are greatest change agents and the future of the country, such events will help them, to channelize their energy and move towards a positive direction. With this association, we aim to connect with the youth of the nation and do our bit to help them learn and explore new avenues. Fujifilm’s INSTAX range represents an evolving model of self-expression and preserving memories. We believe that it is an opportune time to contribute to the discussions around promoting the diverse perspectives of Good World Cinema.”

Centhil Nathan, Senior Vice President – Photo Imaging, Fujifilm India Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are excited to be a part of one of India’s premier festival organized by Smile Foundation. At Fujifilm, we have been committed to promote the culture of photography and this indeed is an excellent opportunity for us to connect with young minds of India. Following our “Don’t just take, give” tagline, we will offer the experience of creating joy, posterity and memories through our iconic range of INSTAX cameras & printers at the festival. The partnership with SIFFCY is in line with our aim to bring in a youthful vibrancy by spreading the joy of printed pictures.”

Jitendra Mishra, Festival Director, SIFFCY added, “As we gear up for the 5th edition of the SIFFCY, we reinforce our commitment to bring good quality cinema to children and youth in India. With our association with Fujifilm and other partners, we look to cultivate an audience for World Cinema and support filmmakers in career development. We believe that it is a powerful medium and can be explored in a more focused manner for disseminating serious yet effective social messages with the help of our partners and supporters.”

The brand’s INSTAX range of cameras hold a strong value among Gen Z and millennial consumers. The popular products in line of INSTAX include the recently launched INSTAX MINI LIPLAY, which incorporates both digital and instant print technologies; the stylish INSTAX SQUARE SQ6 instant camera; the INSTAX smartphone printers, etc.