EDDYS-winning entries inspired by true events
The 2022 EDDYS — or the Entertainment Editors’ Choice awards held annually to honor actors, writers, directors, producers and workers in the Philippine movie industry — marked its return as a live ceremony after being forced by the pandemic to cancel its 2020 edition and hold the 2021 edition online
THE Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors with Best Actor Christian Bables (fifth from left, standing), Best Actress Charo Santos (sixth from left, standing), and Best Supporting Actor Mon Confiado (seventh from left, standing).
On the Job: The Missing 8, the story of a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his murdered colleagues and a prisoner periodically freed to carry out assassinations, and Big Night, about a gay beautician pressured to clear his name from a drug watchlist, romped off with the major awards at the 2022 EDDYS, held live and in person on 27 November at the Manila Metropolitan Theater.
EDDYS 2022 host Boy Abunda.
The occasion marked the return of the EDDYS — or the Entertainment Editors' Choice awards held annually to honor actors, writers, directors, producers and workers in the Philippine movie industry — after being forced by the pandemic to cancel its 2020 edition and hold the 2021 edition online.
The winners are chosen by the Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors , composed of entertainment editors of top national broadsheets and tabloids in the Philippines. The group was established in 2015.
JOSEPH Caliro, executive producer, 'On the Job: The Missing 8.'
On the Job: The Missing 8 won Best Film, Best Director (Erik Matti), and Best Supporting Actress (Lotlot de Leon), among others.
The sequel to the 2013 film On the Job and inspired by true events, it premiered on 10 September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it screened in the Main Competition and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for John Arcilla.
