2002-2003
Mystery Ink
65 x 30 min. Episodes Television Series

Synopsis:

Mystery Ink. is a daily magazine-style show, primarily showcasing the fictional works of renowned Canadian authors. Host John Moore sits down with the 'crème de la crème' of Mystery writers to discuss their own works, the characters they've created as well as the challenges they once faced in getting published. Guests include best-selling authors such as Kathy Reichs, Peter Robinson, Joy Fielding, John Brady and Trevor Ferguson amongst others.

Mystery Ink. also delights with a weekly book critique segment, and correspondent segments dealing with everything from real-life mysteries to Mystery related businesses. As part of the "Max Haines Mystery Flashback", "whodunit" monologues are also performed by actors like Jackie Burroughs, Sheena Larkin and Arthur Holden.

Mystery and suspense aficionados will be enthralled, educated and entertained by the witty, and captivating style of Mystery Ink.

Broadcast Schedule

2001
Armistead Maupin's
Further Tales of the City
2x2 or 1x4 hour Mini-Series

Synopsis:

The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again. Socialite-turned-socialist DeDe Halcyon Day and budding TV Journalist Mary Ann Singleton track a charismatic psychopath across Alaska to rescue DeDe's kidnapped Eurasian Twins, while Michael Tolliver's Search for Mr. Right leads him to several Mr. Wrongs. Meanwhile, landlady Anna Mandrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement storeroom and society columnist Prue Giroux loses her heart to a derelict living in San Francisco park.

Awards & Nominations:

2001 Primetime Emmy Awards:
Nominated for Outstanding Mini-Series

2002 GLADD Media Awards:
Nominated for Outstanding Television Movie

2002 Golden Satellite Awards:

-Nominated for Best Miniseries

-Nominatrd for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Billy Campbell)

2002 Gemini Awards:

- WINNER of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series (Jackie Burroughs)

- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series (Barbara Garrick)

- Nominated for Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series

Production: Fall 2003 in Israel and Germany

Budget: US $1.9M

Metallic Blues, Theatrical Feature Film, Canada/Israel/Germany co-production

Synopsis:

Two Israeli car salesmen use their life savings to buy a 1983 Lincoln Continental Limousine that they plan on taking to Germany to resell at a handsome profit. After a series of mishaps, the pair's dreams of riches soon unravel threatening their friendship and dignity.

A tale of loyalty, humanity and hope, Metallic Blues unfolds in a setting where distant echoes of the darkest days in history still sound.

Production:
June-July 2003

Mystery Ink Season II
65 x 30 min. episodes Television Series

Synopsis:

A 65-episode, magazine-style television series hosted by the well-known radio and television personality, John Moore. The series showcases the fictional works of renowned Canadian authors and real-life crime segments with various reporters.

Production:
Spring-Summer 2003

PAST LIVES
13 x 30 Minutes Docudrama
 A Global Television Signature Series

Synopsis:

Past Lives is a series about Canadian's in search of their roots and long lost relatives. Through heart-warming stories of ancestry searches and journey's back to the "old country", or "old town". Past Lives reunites Canadian's with their pasts and with living relatives both here and abroad.

Production:
Spring-Fall 2003

Dream of Floating
90 Min. Theatrical Documentary
60 Min. Television Documentary
Canada/Germany/Austria Co-Production

Synopsis:

Three swim-crazy men from Frankfurt don't want to swim straight ahead any more! Dream of Floating is a feature-length documentary dealing with a group of gay men who will stop at nothing to realize their dream of being accepted into the female-dominated world of synchronized swimming.