Montreal-headquartered Studio TF1 America has licensed more than a dozen holiday projects to Netflix, the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime.

The lineup consists of 20 films. Eight of the titles, including Becoming Santa and A Sprinkle of Christmas (pictured), launch on Netflix on Nov. 15.

Hallmark’s three-film lineup began on Oct. 19 with A Christmas Angel Match. It continues on Nov. 23 with Melt My Heart This Christmas, and closes on Dec. 14 with Oy to the World!

Lifetime hosts the remaining nine films, beginning on Dec. 5 with Christmas in Alaska. Other titles in the package include A Christmas Cookbook, launching Dec. 19; A Pickleball Christmas, launching Dec. 20; and Merry Missed Connection, releasing Dec. 6.

Studio TF1 America, a joint venture between France’s TF1 Group and A+E Global Media, was formed earlier this year through a rebranding and merger of Vancouver’s Johnson Production Group and Montreal-based Reel One Entertainment. Previously, the two companies had majority stakes acquired by Paris-based prodco Newen, a subsidiary of TF1 Group.

Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired the U.S. rights to season one of Tyson Media’s My Pet Ate What!? for its Animal Planet channel.

The 14 x 30-minute docuseries, which premiered on the channel on Oct. 18, follows veterinarian Eugene Gorodetsky as he helps remove items from the digestive tracts of animals.

My Pet Ate What!? was originally unveiled in Bell Media’s 2024-25 original content slate, and was produced for the company’s CTV Wild channel. A second season entered production in B.C. and Alberta earlier this year.

Animal Planet previously acquired the first two seasons of Tyson Media’s Pets & Pickers, originally commissioned by Bell Media.

Ritual Films

Montreal’s Ritual Films has acquired the Canadian rights to Stefan Djordjevic’s feature debut Wind, Talk to Me.

The acquisition of the Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia coproduction came ahead of its North American premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the festival’s international Vanguard Award.

Helmer Djordjevic also served as writer on the film, which follows the healing process of a young man after the death of his mother.

Ritual is planning a theatrical release in select Canadian cities on April 3, 2026. Greece-based Heretic is handling world sales.

Filmhub

L.A.-based global distributor and sales agent Filmhub has acquired the worldwide transactional distribution rights to Shannon Walsh’s documentary Adrianne & the Castle.

The film, produced by Ina Fichman of Montreal-based Intuitive Pictures, blends documentary, musical and re-enactment styles to tell the story of Alan St-George — a mascot-maker and artist in rural Illinois — as he deals with the death of his wife Adrianne while continuing to build the world they created together.

Filmhub is launching the documentary transactionally on Dec. 5, with additional rights being brought to the market following the transactional debut, said a news release.  The score, created by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry with performances from Raquel Acevedo Klein, will also be released on Dec. 5 as a limited-edition vinyl with a digital version releasing after.

Rogers

Paris-based news television network France 24 has expanded its North American presence through a distribution agreement with Rogers Communications.

The English version of France 24 is now available through Rogers’ Total TV, Popular, Ultimate, and International News packages. The French version is available through Rogers’ French-language offer, on both cable and OTT.

The agreement makes France 24 accessible to 1.1 million Canadian pay-TV households, including 980,000 households for the English-language channel and 140,000 for the French version.

Image courtesy of Studio TF1 America