"Choir Games"
Cineflix Rights has added new factual series spanning history, music, and crime to its Spring/Summer 2025 slate, along with a new Lifetime biopic movie telling the story of Toddlers & Tiaras pageant princess star Alana Thompson, which premiered on May 17 to widespread media attention.
The biopic movie "I Was Honey Boo Boo" (1x90’, Cineflix Productions and ITV America’s Thinkfactory Media in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment for Lifetime, US) is narrated by Alana Thompson, who became known as “Honey Boo Boo” while on the US kids’ pageant circuit, catapulting her and her family to reality TV stardom. The movie offers a glimpse behind the scenes from her perspective and reveals how her on-screen confidence masked a reality filled with criticism and family struggles—particularly with her mother, Mama June. Now in college, Alana is determined to shed the labels that have followed her, spotlight the darker side of child stardom, and overcome generational trauma and challenges.
A selection of new factual series has also been announced. Let’s take a closer look at each of them. First, "Choir Games" (4x60’, Husk Media and Spacific Films for Sky, New Zealand and Super Channel, Canada) is an inspiring series from award-winning filmmaker Leanne Pooley. It follows the teenagers and conductors of two remarkable choirs—the Young People’s Chorus of New York City and New Zealand’s Kaitāia Community Voices—as they prepare for the 2024 World Choir Games, the largest choral competition in the world. In a time of global division, the series celebrates music’s power to unite.
Next, "Ancient Justice" (10x60’, Shark Teeth Films) is a gripping investigative documentary series that takes viewers through the crimes and consequences of history’s wrongdoers, from Ancient Egypt and Asia to the Roman Empire and Medieval Europe. Using expert analysis, CGI, and cutting-edge research, "Ancient Justice" brings the past’s most dramatic punishments vividly to life.
Following that, "Trace, Track, Get My Car Back!" (16x30’, Rare TV for BBC, UK) is a high-stakes series that shadows elite police recovery teams as they use advanced tracking tech and old-fashioned detective work to retrieve stolen cars. It’s a thrilling race against time to recover the vehicles before they vanish for good.
Then, we have "Can Dogs Talk?" (1x60’, Ideacom International for CBC, Canada, Radio-Canada, PBS Nova, USA, and Arte, France and Germany), a compelling look at whether dogs that appear to “talk” using communication tech are actually learning human language. The film showcases the smartest dogs on Earth, their enthusiastic owners, and the scientists leading the world’s most in-depth study of interspecies communication.
Lastly, "Rome Underground" (1x60’, Ideacom International for CBC, Radio-Canada, France Télévisions, Rai, NHK, and SBS) explores the monumental challenge of constructing a new metro line beneath the ancient city of Rome. With 3,000 years of history and archaeology beneath every street, the series follows how engineers and archaeologists are working together to bring Rome’s infrastructure into the modern age.
Richard Life, SVP Acquisitions and Co-productions at Cineflix Rights, referred to the diversity of the slate: ‘We are thrilled to be adding the latest documentaries from some of our favourite producer partners, Shark Teeth Films, Ideacom, and Rare TV, to our slate, along with a fantastic, heartwarming new series from our friends at Husk Media. We are also delighted to be distributing Lifetime biopic movie "I Was Honey Boo Boo", which has captured headlines around its recent launch and will appeal to audiences who were originally captivated by Alana’s life on TV and want to know what happened after the costumes and cameras faded," expressed.
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