A Port Moody actor and playwright is nominated twice for a 2021 Leo Award — in the same category.
Hiro Kanagawa is shortlisted in the Best Performance Male - Short Drama category for his performances in Deeper I Go, and The Tailor.
Kanagawa is up for the accolade against Cameron Crosby (Cake Day); Toby Hargrave (Hunter’s Cabin); Peter Hoskins (Mr. James Is Dead); and Simon Longmore (Not Your Average Bear).
Founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of B.C., the Leo Awards celebrate achievement in the B.C. film and T.V. industry; the date of the awards ceremony, which will be virtual due to the pandemic, has yet to be announced.
In 2017, Kanagawa won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his play Indian Arm, which is based on Ibsen's Little Eyolf but set on the North Shore and centred on First Nations land.
