2016 also saw Matter star alongside Erin Krakow in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film "Finding Father Christmas", based on the novel by Robin Jones Gunn, as local lawyer/hotelier Ian McAndrick. At the time of broadcast, the film became the most watched premier in the network's history. Matter and Krakow reprised their roles in a sequel to the film, entitled "Engaging Father Christmas" (broadcast as "A Family for the Holidays" in Canada and as "Winter Wedding" in the UK) which premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in November 2017.