New Delhi, Smile Foundation is considering creating a fund to encourage the creation of meaningful and educational films especially for children and youth.

Given the impact of good cinema on young minds, Smile Foundation considered the creation of 'SIFSY Fund' to encourage film making especially for children and youth, Shantanu Mishra, co-founder of Smile Foundation, said in a statement. doing. The foundation works for the education and health of children across India.

Mishra said various stakeholders are approaching the foundation to create the fund.

The biggest feature of creativity is that it is not threatened by Artificial Intelligence and no creative person will be underappreciated, said AI Mishra, who produced the highly acclaimed film 'I Am Kalam'. Kalam' was created. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 10th edition of 'Smile International Phil Festival for Children and Youth' (SIFCY) here on Tuesday.

SIFFCY is an initiative of Smile Foundation to empower, entertain, engage and educate young minds.

The four-day festival, organized in collaboration with the European Union, is being held in hybrid mode across 50 venues in India. This year around 150 curated films from 40 countries are being screened for young Indian audiences through SIFFCY.