MUMBAI: UTV World Movies is celebrating children’s day with a special line-up of films from around the world dedicated to children. The channel is also extending its on-air festival to movie screenings on-ground in various schools.
ODPS, Noida; Bhatnagar‘s International School, Delhi; Mount Carmel, Delhi and Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts, Chennai are some of the schools where UTV World Movies will be organizing the Children‘s Day Film Festival.
UTV Entertainment Television COO Dilshad Master said, "On this special day, we promise to entertain children with movies they would simply love watching. The movie watching experience with school mates makes it even more memorable and fun."
One of the films that will air is The Horror Bus. It is adapted from best selling ghost novels by Paul Van Loon. The Dutch Harry Potter! Class nerd Onnoval is sick of being bullied by Gino, the popular kid in class. So Onnoval writes a story in which he takes his revenge on Gino. But much to his surprise, during a class trip, the story begins to come true...
Winky‘s Horse is a dutch film adapted from the children‘s book by Tamara Bos. This movie has won 10 international awards and 2 nominations. Six years old Winky Wong wants only one thing - a horse, a real horse to ride.