Pink Parrot Media’s ‘Unstable’ saddles up international partners
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Montreal/Madrid-based international sales and distribution company Pink Parrot Media (PPM) has signed a raft of deals for Unstable, an animated musical comedy co-produced by Canada’s CarpeDiem (Snowtime!, Racetime, Butterfly Tale) and UK based Cantilever Productions (The Amazing Maurice). Viva Pictures will take US distribution rights on the feature, which follows a disillusioned police horse who undergoes a dramatic makeover and seeks justice with a new friend, 7-year-old dressage enthusiast Luna.
Unstable (Pink Parrot Media, image via DDA)
The film has also sold to Volga (CIS and Baltics), Mis Label (Scandinavia), Pro Films (Bulgaria), Idea Films (Romania), Flins y Piniculas (Spain), NOS Lusomundo (Portugal), Monolith (Poland), Front Row (Middle East), Blitz (Former Yugoslavia) and Adastra Cinema (Ukraine and Baltics).
Unstable is directed by Benoit Godbout (Racetime, The Bottanix), and co-written by David Freedman and Gareth Edwards. The film is currently closing financing and will be produced by Marie Claude Beauchamp from Carpediem Film & TV (Snowtime, Racetime, Butterfly Tale) and Andrew Baker from Cantilever Media (The Amazing Maurice).
Unstable pranced into our hearts from the first pitch, and we are aren’t surprised this special project has found a collection of fantastic international distributors. With charm, humour, and unforgettable characters we know families will love, we’re delighted that Bravo and Luna will be getting a global audience.
-Tania Pinto Da Cunha (Partner / Vice-President and Head of International Sales & Acquisitions at Pink Parrot Media)
Viva Pictures is thrilled to be a part of the Unstable production and is looking forward to releasing the film in the U.S. on over 3,000 screens in February 2026. We are confident Unstable will be a big hit with theatergoers.
-Victor Elizalde (President, Viva)
Unstable follows Bravo – a proud police horse who is convinced that he and his rider, Sergeant Braque, have solved many theft cases. But when the Queen’s crown is stolen, the horse realizes that his rider (with the complicity of his wife) is replacing all the jewels brought to the authorities for years by copies! Betrayed, Bravo flees with the crown and hides at Luna’s house. Spotting an opportunity, Luna – who has longed to participate in a dressage competition – extravagantly disguises Bravo and renames him Mr. Princess Lady Boots. Bravo realises this disguise allows him to right the wrongs of his former rider incognito – but his fervour almost goes too far and he has to take the reins in a dramatic bid to rescue his new friend.