2026Nominee
Best Director
Never Knew Love Like This Before
Miko Biong
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Marikina City, Philippines
September 22, 1998
Biography
Miko Biong is a filmmaker from Marikina and a graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute. He produced Ang Alamat Kung Bakit Kalabaw Lang ang Tumatanda (2024), an official selection of the 36th Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video; Champ Green (2025), which won Best Short Film at the Puregold CinePanalo 2025; and Coding Si Papa (2025), Special Mention at the SineKabataan Short Film Festival 2025. His debut short film, Bahay, Baboy, Bagyo (When the Pigs Storm Our Houses), premiered at The Manila Film Festival 2024, won Best Short Film at the 12th ActiveVista Human Rights Film Festival, and was named one of Rappler’s Best Films of 2024. Biong believes that cinema should go beyond entertainment and serve as a tool for social and political engagement.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
Nominee
Best Director
Georgina
2026Nominee
Best Picture
When Heaven Inched Towards Earth
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Picture
Champ Green
2025Highlight
Best Performance
When A Gun Killed My Moon