Paramount+ in Canada has acquired The Pink Pill as an original for its Canadian release.

Set to debut on the streamer in fall 2025, the feature documentary explores the hunt for female Viagra and equal access to sexual medicine. It is produced by Abby Greensfelder’s Everywoman Studios and Toronto-based Catalyst, a for-profit organization that supports content from women creators.

The Pink Pill is directed by Aisling Chin-Yee (No Ordinary Man; pictured) and Sphere Abacus is handling global distribution. Greensfelder, Chin-Yee, Catalyst founder Julie Bristow, Catalyst executive producer Vibika Bianchi and Knix founder Joanna Griffiths executive produce.

The Pink Pill is the first project from Docs for Change, a collaboration announced at the Banff World Media Festival in 2023 between Toronto-based Catalyst and the Knix Fund, the philanthropic arm of Toronto-headquartered women’s underwear brand Knix. The initiative supports the development and production of women-centric feature docs.

Cineflix Rights

Cineflix Rights has closed multiple deals surrounding its science, history and culture content.

Bell Media has acquired seasons 23 to 26 of Cineflix Productions’ Mayday (41 x 60 minutes) for its English- and French-language channels, and National Geographic has picked up Go Button Media’s Secret Nazi Science (8 x 60 minutes) for its channels in the U.K. and Ireland.

Ideacom International’s Little Sapiens (1 x 60 minutes) was sold to France’s Canal+ for its Planete+ channel and Japan’s NHK.

Lastly, Australia’s ABC, Norway’s NRK and Finland’s YLE (Finland) have acquired Cineflix Productions’ documentary Summer Qamp, produced in association with Hello Friend, Steve Robillard and Super Channel.

Sphere Abacus

U.K.-based Sphere Abacus has sold 200 hours of content to Central and Eastern Europe ahead of NEM Dubrovnik.

Included in the deals was Sphere Media’s feature doc Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness and the Hare Krishnas, picked up by DOX TV. The film is directed by Vancouver-based Jason Lapeyre and exposes alleged criminal activity behind the Hare Krishna movement in the West.

The documentary airs in Canada on Hollywood Suite and is adapted from the book of the same name by John Hubner and Lindsay Gruson.

Sinking Ship

Toronto-based Sinking Ship Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to 2D-animated series Superbuns (39 x 7 minutes) from Toronto’s Yowza Animation! (Angry Birds: Summer Madness) and Tricycle Films.

The comedy-driven toon is about a bunny who helps others with the power of kindness. It was commissioned by NBC’s Peacock two years ago, and is based on a same-name picture book series published by Simon & Schuster from New York-based Tricycle Films head Diane Kredensor.

With files from Kidscreen

Image courtesy of Paramount+