Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music in a Documentary

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The Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music in a Documentary is an annual award, presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program to honour the year's best musical contributions in Canadian theatrical documentary films.

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The award was presented for the first time at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

2020s

YearNomineesFilmRef
2022
11th Canadian Screen Awards
Jonathan Goldsmith To Kill a Tiger [1]
Ramachandra Borcar Scrap [2]
Walker Grimshaw Dear Audrey
Delphine Measroch Humus
Edo Van Breemen, Johannes Winkler Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
2023
12th Canadian Screen Awards
Ramachandra Borcar The Longest Goodbye [3]
Olivier Alary, Johannes Malfatti Twice Colonized [4]
Antoine Berthiaume Greyland
Kat Duma, Verity Susman, Matthew Simms Tramps!
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère)

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