Aisling Chin-Yee’s documentary The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control (pictured) has won the Audience Award at DOC NYC.

The film, which made its world premiere at the New York festival, follows women’s sexual health advocates as they push against systemic double standards in the fight for the approval of a female “Viagra.”

The documentary is the first project under Docs for Change, a collaboration between Canadian intimates brand Knix and Toronto-based Catalyst to create female-forward stories.

The Pink Pill is produced by Catalyst’s Julie Bristow alongside Abby Greensfelder of Washington, D.C.-based Everywoman Studios. Paramount+ Canada is the film’s Canadian platform partner. Sphere Abacus is handling global sales.

Queering the Screen launches national survey

The Canada-wide non-profit organization Queering the Screen has launched a national survey to examine the current situation and needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals in the screen industry.

Telefilm and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) are backing the initiative, which is led by a committee of 14 2SLGBTQIA+ industry professionals.

The survey, which is offered in French and English, is open to both on- and off-screen personnel, and asks about key challenges, barriers and opportunities facing 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals in the industry.

Queering the Screen will publish the findings from the survey in a report to be released in 2026.

The survey can be accessed here, and will be open until Dec. 5.

Telefilm to relocate Montreal HQ

Telefilm Canada is relocating its downtown Montreal headquarters a few blocks southwest.

The Crown corporation will begin the move this December, and expects the new office, located at 700 René-Lévesque Blvd. W., to be operational by Jan. 12, 2026. In-person meetings at the old office will not be available during the move.

Telefilm will maintain its collaboration with the CMF and continue to share its Montreal office with the organization.

YMA selects Lisa Pryce for Andra Sheffer Scholarship

The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has selected Lisa Pryce as the recipient of its Andra Sheffer Scholarship, an annual award that recognizes a student building a career in kids’ media.

Pryce, a student at Toronto Metropolitan University’s RTA Media Production program, will receive passes to the 2026 Kidscreen Summit and Banff World Media Festival, as well as a $4,000 travel grant provided by the YMA.

She will also receive tailored professional mentorship and have the opportunity to meet YMA members and industry leaders.

An Ajax, Ont.-based Jamaican-Canadian, Pryce is developing a series for kids about normalizing differences called Rolling Through, which follows a preteen in a motorized wheelchair as they navigate everyday life.

With files from Kidscreen and Realscreen

Image courtesy of DOC NYC