45th Gawad Urian Awards

45th Gawad Urian Awards
Date	November 17, 2022 (2022-11-17)
Site	Cine Adarna, University of the Philippines Diliman
Highlights
Best Picture	Big Night! and On the Job: The Missing 8
Most awards	On the Job: The Missing 8 (9)
Most nominations	On the Job: The Missing 8 (12)
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The 45th Gawad Urian Awards (Filipino: Ika-45 na Gawad Urian) is held on November 17, 2022. ^[1] Established in 1976, the Gawad Urian Awards highlights the best of Philippine cinema as decided by the Filipino Film Critics. ^[2] A total of 79 films released in 2021 are considered for this year's awards ceremony with fourteen of them making it to the nomination list. ^[3] The ceremony is held at Cine Adarna in the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City.  

The Best Picture award is shared by the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture winner, Big Night! , ^[4] and the Philippines' submission for the 95th Academy Awards, On the Job: The Missing 8 . ^[5]

Winners and nominees

John Arcilla wins the Best Actor prize for his role as a radio jockey and newspaper editor in On the Job: The Missing 8 , a role that also wins him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor in the Venice Film Festival.

Dante Rivero clinches the Best Supporting Actor title for his role as Mayor Pedring Eusebio in Erik Matti's On the Job: The Missing 8.

Winners are listed first and bolded. ^{[7] [3]}

Best Picture Pinakamahusay na Pelikula	Best Director Pinakamahusay na Direksyon
Big Night! On the Job: The Missing 8 Historya ni Ha Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan	Erik Matti – On the Job: The Missing 8 Carlo Francisco Manatad – Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Joselito Altarejos – Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan Jun Lana – Big Night! Lav Diaz – Historya ni Ha Lawrence Fajardo – A Hard Day
Best Actor Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktor	Best Actress Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktres
John Arcilla – On the Job: The Missing 8 Christian Bables – Big Night! Dingdong Dantes – A Hard Day Francis Magundayao – Tenement 66 John Lloyd Cruz – Historya ni Ha Paolo Contis – A Faraway Land Shogen – Gensan Punch	Yen Santos – A Faraway Land Charo Santos-Concio – Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Donna Cariaga – Rabid Elora Espiño – Love and Pain in Between Refrains Kim Molina – Ikaw at Ako ang Ending
Best Supporting Actor Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktor	Best Supporting Actress Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres
Dante Rivero – On the Job: The Missing 8 Dennis Trillo – On the Job: The Missing 8 John Arcilla – A Hard Day John Arcilla – Big Night! Ronnie Lazaro – Gensan Punch Sandino Martin – Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan	Lotlot de Leon – On the Job: The Missing 8 Dolly de Leon – Historya ni Ha Eugene Domingo – Big Night! Jay Valencia Glorioso – Rabid Mae Paner – Historya ni Ha Shella Mae Romualdo – Arisaka
Best Screenplay Pinakamahusay na Dulang Pampelikula	Best Cinematography Pinakamahusay na Sinematograpiya
On the Job: The Missing 8 Big Night! Historya ni Ha Ikaw at Ako ang Ending Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan	Big Night! A Faraway Land A Hard Day Gensan Punch Historya ni Ha Kun Maupay Man it Panahon On the Job: The Missing 8
Best Production Design Pinakamahusay na Disenyong Pamproduksyon	Best Editing Pinakamahusay na Editing
Kun Maupay Man it Panahon A Hard Day Big Night! Gensan Punch On the Job: The Missing 8	On the Job: The Missing 8 Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan Big Night! Gensan Punch Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Resbak Tenement 66
Best Music Pinakamahusay na Musika	Best Sound Pinakamahusay na Tunog
On the Job: The Missing 8 Gensan Punch Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Resbak Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan	On the Job: The Missing 8 A Hard Day Gensan Punch Kun Maupay Man it Panahon Resbak Tenement 66 Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan
Best Short Film Pinakamahusay na Maikling Pelikula	Best Documentary Pinakamahusay na Dokyumentaryo
Dandansoy	The Right to Life

Special Award

Natatanging Gawad Urian

• Roxlee (Roque Federizon Lee) ^[8]

Multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
12	On the Job: The Missing 8
9	Big Night!
	Kun Maupay Man it Panahon
7	Gensan Punch
	Historya ni Ha
	Walang Kasarian ang Digmang Bayan
6	A Hard Day
3	A Faraway Land
	Resbak
	Tenement 66
2	Ikaw at Ako ang Ending
	Rabid

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
9	On the Job: The Missing 8

References

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4. Lago, Amanda (2021-12-27). "FULL LIST: Winners, MMFF 2021 Gabi ng Parangal". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
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