Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music in a Documentary

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.

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

2020s

Year	Nominees	Film	Ref
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)
2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards
	Murray Lightburn	Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story	[5]
	Olivier Alary, Johannes Malfatti	Yintah	[6]
	Wilhelm Brandl	Okurimono
	Richard Reed Parry	Adrianne and the Castle
	Sei Nakauchi Pelletier	Diary of a Father (Journal d'un père)

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Original Music in a Documentary

References

1. Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023.
2. Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View , February 22, 2023.
3. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
4. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View , March 6, 2024.
5. Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback , May 31, 2025.
6. Pat Mullen, "The Tragically Hip, Okurimono Lead Canadian Screen Award Documentary Nominees". Point of View , March 26, 2025.