Malcom is Missing: A True Story of Murder and a Daughter's Quest for Justice in Mexico

Based on the award-winning CBC documentary, Malcom is Missing tells the story of a single mother of two from small-town Canada who looks for her missing father in Mexico and ends up taking on one of the most corrupt justice systems in the world.

WINNER! Best Documentary - Los Angeles Crime + Horror Film Festival

WINNER! Best Documentary - Anatomy: Crime + Horror International Film Festival

WINNER! Outstanding Excellence - Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

WINNER! Best International Documentary - Austin International Film Festival

WINNER! Best Crime (Long Feature Film) - Calgary Independent Film Festival

In October 2018, Brooke Mullins hastily packed a small bag and boarded a flight to Mexico. But it wasn’t for leisure. Five days prior, she received harrowing news: her father, Canadian artist Malcom Madsen, had vanished. Driven by an instinct that all was not well, Brooke embarked on a quest to find him.

Within days, her worst fears were confirmed: it seemed Malcom had met a tragic end. Armed with a damning video capturing his drugging, GPS data tracing his car to a remote jungle spot on the night of his disappearance, and a series of relatively misleading statements from his Mexican girlfriend, Brooke turned to Mexican authorities, hoping for closure.

Yet, even after numerous gruelling years and over $300,000 spent, closure eludes her grasp. Despite the emotional and legal hurdles, Brooke persists, propelled by twin objectives: to recover her father’s remains and to ensure justice for his perpetrators. Many might deem challenging Mexico’s notoriously corrupt legal system a fool’s errand, especially for a 42-year-old single mother from Port Hope, Ontario. But Brooke Mullins dismissed such doubts, steadfast in her resolve to fight on.

Robert Osborne is a producer, director, and writer for Dam Builder Productions and boasts over 30 years of experience in long-format television. During much of his career, he served as an investigative journalist for the CTV show W5. Additionally, he has contributed to Marketplace and Pacific Report. He has garnered numerous accolades, including more than half a dozen awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada, an award from the Canadian Association of Journalists, an Order of Merit from the Governor General of Canada, and a Canadian Screen Award for best writing in a documentary. In 2012 he left CTV and began to work exclusively on documentary projects. Robert’s notable films include Malcom is Missing (CBC, 2023), The Third Dive (CBC, 2018), Unstoppable (CBC, 2016), and The Beaver Whisperers (The Nature of Things, 2014.). Together with his wife, Jari Osborne, Robert’s production company, Dam Builder Productions, has created documentaries for CBC, CTV, the National Film Board of Canada, and the Discovery Channel. He is also the author of The Third Dive: An Investigation Into the Death of Rob Stewart (RMB, 2020). He resides in Toronto, Ontario.