The Philippines had a total of 30 national winners for the 2025 Asian Academy Creative Awards, with recipients including Dingdong Dantes, Dennis Trillo and action series “Incognito.”
Half of the national winners were projects by GMA Network including “Pepito Manaloto – The Story Continues” (Best Comedy Program), “Stars on the Floor” (Best Music/Dance Program), “The Voice Kids” (Best Adaptation of an Existing Format, Non-Scripted) and “Beauty Empire” director of photography Jay Abello (Best Cinematography, Fiction).
GMA also dominated the documentary division as “Lost Sabungeros” won the One-Off category, “I Juander: History for Sale” won the History category and “Reporter’s Notebook: Asia’s Scam Cities” won the Series category.
Dennis won Best Lead Actor for his role in “Green Bones” while the movie’s writers Anj Atienza and National Artist Ricky Lee won Best Screenplay.
Dingdong won Best Entertainment Host as the face of “Family Feud Philippines” while Anjo Baraquel and Julie Anne San Jose’s track “Gemini” for “Slay” won Best Theme Song/Title Theme.
Other GMA winners were the “Inside the Crocodile Cage” episode of “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” for Best Infotainment Program, the “YOLO sa Antique” episode of “Biyahe ni Drew” for Best Lifestyle Program, “Eleksyonaryo: The Dapat Totoo Digital Exclusives” for Best Short Form (Scripted) and “DigiDokyu: The Rice God of the Cordillera” for Best Short Form (Non-Scripted).
ABS-CBN meanwhile won four awards: “Incognito” for Best Drama Series, “Saving Grace” for Best Adaptation of an Existing Format (Scripted), “How to Spot a Red Flag” for Best Original Production by a Streamer (Fiction) shared with Viu and the “The Silent House (Maguad Family Story)” episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya” for Best Single Drama/Telemovie/Anthology Episode.
Other high-profile national winners were “Untold” star Jodi Sta. Maria for Best Lead Actress, “The Kingdom” star Piolo Pascual for Best Supporting Actor, “The Caretakers” star Dimples Romana for Best Supporting Actress, “Isang Himala” for Best Feature Film and its filmmaker Pepe Diokno for Best Director (Fiction).
Completing the Philippine winners were the third season of “Sing Galing” for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment, Gretchen Ho of “Morning Matters” for Best Factual Presenter, “Money Talks with Cathy Yang” for Best News Program, “Merry ang Vibes ng Pasko” for Best General Entertainment Program, “Ready, Set, Read!” for Best Children’s Program, and “JSM Travel and Tours” for Best Promo/Trailer.
Dennis is in good company as fellow category winners include Korean star Park Bo-gum for “When Life Gives You Tangerines,” Taiwanese F4 star Vic Chou for “The World Between Us: After the Flames and Australia’s Jacob Elordi for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” while Piolo was accompanied by Australia-based actor Hugo Weaving for “How To Make Gravy.”
Jodi’s fellow winners are Oscar-winning “Disclaimer” star Cate Blanchett and “Pachinko” star Kim Min-ha, both of whom also won at the recent Seoul International Drama Awards. Min-ha’s co-star and another Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung won in Dimples’ category.
Other notable Korean winners are “When Life Gives You Tangerines” as Best Drama Series, “Culinary Class Wars” for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment and the 2024 MAMA Awards for Best General Entertainment Program.
All national winners will be invited to a conference, red carpet, and Grand Awards Gala taking place in Singapore this December 3 and 4.