PHILIPPINES ‘Saving Grace has scored 2 nominations for the 2025 Seoul International Drama Awards. 

Adapted from the Japanese series Mother, ‘Saving Grace’ tells a story of an elementary school teacher who discovered her student, named Grace, suffering from the abuse caused by her mother and stepfather. The teacher later abducts Grace to save and protect her.  

Actress Julia Montes stars in the series as the elementary school teacher named Anna, and Zia Grace, who stars as Mary Grace in the series. 

The series is also starred by actors and actresses Sharon Cuneta, Sam Milby, Jennica Garcia, Christian Bables, and Janice de Belen.

With a total of 276 entries from 50 countries and regions being submitted to the international competition, only 24 titles and 32 individuals have made the final cut.   

Saving Grace is nominated in the Best Series category, while Danica Domingo, who led the screenwriting team, was nominated for the Best Screenwriter.  

Other nominees under the 24 titles include: 

• “Champagne – Peppino di Capri” – RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy)
• “La Puerta Verde” – Gatuno Films (Mexico)
• “Our Beautiful Summer” – CJ ENM (South Korea)
• “Smetana” – Czech Television (Czech Republic)
• “The Son” – CJ ENM (South Korea)
• “Though Dead, Still Alive” – Taigi TV Station (Taiwan)
• “To My Lonely Sister” – KBS (South Korea)
• “Unbalanced Love” – CJ ENM (South Korea)
• “Adolescence” – Netflix (U.K.)
• “Asura” – Netflix (Japan)
• “Hyper Knife” – The Walt Disney Company Korea (South Korea)
• “Light of My Lion” – Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (Japan)
• “One Hundred Years of Solitude” – Netflix (Colombia)
• “Pachinko S2” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)“Sunny” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• “The Eternaut” – Netflix (Argentina)
• “D.I.D. 12” – Television Broadcasts Limited (Hong Kong)
• “Emerald Hill – The Little Nyonya Story” – Mediacorp Pte Ltd (Singapore)
• “For Eagle Brothers” – KBS (South Korea)
• “Saving Grace” – ABS-CBN Studios (Philippines)
• “She’s The One” – Globo (Brazil)
• “The Beach S2” – ERT S.A. HELLENIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION (Greece)
• “The Good & The Bad” – AY YAPIM (Turkiye)
• “The Nightfall” – ATV (Turkiye)  

Meanwhile, 32 nominees for the individual awards include

For Director

• Alex Garcia for “One Hundred Years of Solitude” – Netflix (Colombia)
• Ben Stiller for “Severance S2” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Bille August for “The Count of Montecristo” – RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy)
• Hirokazu Kore-eda for “Asura” – Netflix (Japan)
• Jin-ah Lee for “To My Lonely Sister” – KBS (South Korea)
• Leanne Welham for “Pachinko S2” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Lucy Tcherniak for “Sunny” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Philip Barantini for “Adolescence” – Netflix (U.K.)
• Won-suk Kim for “When Life Gives You Tangerines” – Netflix (South Korea)
• Yiannis Vasileiadis for “Grand Hotel” – JK PRODUCTIONS SA –KARAGIANNIS (Greece)

For Screenwriter

• Dan Erickson for “Severance S2” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Danica Domingo for “Saving Grace” – ABS-CBN Studios (Philippines)
• Emmanuel Carrere for “Beyond the Grave, a New Adamsberg’s Case” – France TV Distribution (France)
• Jan Schomburg for “Other People’s Money” – Beta Film (Germany)
• José Rivera for “One Hundred Years of Solitude” – Netflix (Colombia)
• Katie Robbins for “Sunny” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Sang-choon Lim for “When Life Gives You Tangerines” – Netflix (South Korea)
• Soo Hugh for “Pachinko S2” – Apple TV+ (U.S.A)
• Stephen Graham for “Adolescence” – Netflix (U.K.)

The winners for the award will be announced in September, while the official ceremony will air on October 2. The livestream of the event can be watched at Seoul International Drama Awards YouTube channel.