46th Gawad Urian Awards

46th Gawad Urian Awards
Date	November 29, 2023 (2023-11-29)
Site	UPFI Film Center, Diliman, Quezon City
Highlights
Best Film	Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon
Most awards	Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon (4) & Leonor Will Never Die (4)
Most nominations	Blue Room (10) & Leonor Will Never Die (10)
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The 46th Gawad Urian Awards (Tagalog: Ika-46 na Gawad Urian) was held on November 29, 2023, at the UPFI Film Center at the University of the Philippines. The best Philippine films for the year 2022 were honored in the event.^[1][2][3]

Top prize goes to Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon (When the Waves Are Gone), which premiered in the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Other contenders for the Best Picture award include Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagnalan's teen crime drama, Blue Room, Martika Ramirez Escobar's comedy, Leonor Will Never Die, and the Anna Isabelle Matutina drama, 12 Weeks.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and bolded.^[4][5]

Lav Diaz' film, Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon, bags the Best Picture award. The movie premiered in the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

John Lloyd Cruz wins the Best Actor award for his role as Lt. Hermes Papauran in Lav Diaz' film, Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon.

Best Picture Pinakamahusay na Pelikula	Best Director Pinakamahusay na Direksyon
Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Blue Room Leonor Will Never Die 12 Weeks	Martika Ramirez Escobar – Leonor Will Never Die Anna Isabelle Matutina – 12 Weeks Carlo Obispo – The Baseball Player Lav Diaz – Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagnalan – Blue Room Mikhail Red – Deleter
Best Actor Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktor	Best Actress Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktres
John Lloyd Cruz – Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Andrew Ramsay – Ginhawa Baron Geisler – Doll House Noel Trinidad – Family Matters Tommy Alejandrino – The Baseball Player	Max Eigenmann – 12 Weeks Chai Fonacier – Nocebo Nadine Lustre – Deleter Sheila Francisco – Leonor Will Never Die
Best Supporting Actor Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktor	Best Supporting Actress Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres
Soliman Cruz – Blue Room Dido de la Paz – Ginhawa Juan Karlos Labajo – Blue Room Rocky Salumbides – Leonor Will Never Die Ronnie Lazaro – Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon	Claudia Enriquez – 12 Weeks Bing Pimentel – 12 Weeks Nikki Valdez – Family Matters Shamaine Buencamino – Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon
Best Screenplay Pinakamahusay na Dulang Pampelikula	Best Cinematography Pinakamahusay na Sinematograpiya
Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Blue Room Leonor Will Never Die Nocebo Plan 75 12 Weeks	Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Blue Room Deleter Leonor Will Never Die Nocebo Plan 75
Best Production Design Pinakamahusay na Disenyong Pamproduksyon	Best Editing Pinakamahusay na Editing
Leonor Will Never Die Blue Room Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Nocebo	Leonor Will Never Die Blue Room Deleter Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon Nocebo The Baseball Player
Best Music Pinakamahusay na Musika	Best Sound Pinakamahusay na Tunog
Leonor Will Never Die Blue Room Nocebo	Nocebo Blue Room Deleter Ginhawa Leonor Will Never Die Nanahimik ang Gabi The Baseball Player
Best Short Film Pinakamahusay na Maikling Pelikula	Best Documentary Pinakamahusay na Dokyumentaryo
Sa Paglupad Ka Banog	11,103

Special award

Natatanging Gawad Urian

• Jaime Francisco García Fábregas

Multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Films
10	Blue Room
	Leonor Will Never Die
9	Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon
7	Nocebo
6	12 Weeks
5	Deleter
4	The Baseball Player
3	Ginhawa
2	Family Matters
	Plan 75

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Kapag Wala nang Mga Alon
	Leonor Will Never Die
2	12 Weeks

References

1. "46th Gawad Urian nominees, inilantad na; may humakot ng nominations?". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
2. Valiente, Tito Genova (2023-11-02). "Critical Choices: Gawad Urian Nominees for 2023 • Tito Genova Valiente". Retrieved 2023-11-03.
3. "John Lloyd Cruz, Nadine Lustre lead 46th Gawad Urian nominees". ABS-CBN News. November 3, 2023.
4. "Kathryn Bernardo, Charlie Dizon, Romnick Sarmenta, Carlo Aquino nab acting nominations at 47th Gawad Urian". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
5. Yap, Jade Veronique (June 8, 2024). "Here is the complete list of winners at the Gawad Urian Awards 2024". GMA News Online. Retrieved September 2, 2025.