Amanda Cawley! Amanda won the award this weekend for Best Musical Score, Short Drama (Charlie is Not a Boy).
This was Amanda's 2nd Leo Award. She has 7 other Leo nominations, 2 Canadian Screen Music Awards, 2 Canadian Screen Music Award nominations, a Canadian Screen Award nomination and a SOCAN Foundation Award.
Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners!
Matthew Rogers! Matt won 2 Leo Awards this weekend: Best Musical Score, Motion Picture (Worldbreaker); and Best Musical Score, Television Movie (How to Lose a Popularity Contest).
These were Matt's 8th and 9th Leo Award wins. He has 21 other nominations. Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners!
A huge congratulations go out to Core composers who earned a total of 6 Leo Award nominations today. Matt Rogers received 2 nominations for his scores to WORLDBREAKER and HOW TO LOSE A POPULARITY CONTEST; Hamish Thompson for his score to AINSLEY MACGREGOR MYSTERIES: A CASE FOR THE WATCHMAKER; Jeff Tymoschuk for his score to TIME HELMET; Amanda Cawley for her score to CHARLIE IS NOT A BOY; and Christopher Nickel for his score to SANDPIPERS' LAST SUPPER.
Congrats to: Steph Copeland - It Feeds, "Angel Shot" from Trapped in the Spotlight; Suad Bushnaq - Yunan; Tom Third - Modern Whore, The Spoils; Rob Melamed & Ryan McClarnon - Mistletoe Murders; Jesse Zubot, Josh Zubot, Jason Sharp - Mafia: Most Wanted.
The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards will be presented as part of Canadian Screen Week 2026, which takes place from Wednesday, May 27 to Sunday in Toronto. Simulcast on CBC, CBC Gem, Crave, CTV, Global, and STACKTV May 31.
Listen/watch a wonderful interview with Core composer MURRAY LIGHTBURN and wife Natalia Yanchak as they talk with CBC's Tom Power about their long-running musical collaboration "The Dears".