Green Bones

Domingo, a notorious criminal is set to be released from prison. Xavier, a newly assigned prison guard, blinded by prejudice beliefs is determined to keep Domingo incarcerated despite lacks of legal grounds. Domingo reserved demeanor feeds on Xavier growing suspicion, forcing him to uncover the prisoner' background story which lead him to discover the broken criminal justice system, personal vendetta and redemption.

Lead cast

Dennis Trillo as Domingo Zamora

Ruru Madrid as Xavier Gonzaga

• Dennis Trillo as Domingo "Dom" Zamora, a criminal accused of murdering his own sister and niece.^[4]
• Ruru Madrid as Xavier Gonzaga, a prison guard.^[7][8][9]
  • Enzo Osorio as young Xavier
• Alessandra De Rossi as Betty
• Michael de Mesa as Juanito Velasquez
• Ronnie Lazaro as Edgardo Sevilla
• Sofia Pablo as Ruth Pineda
  • Sienna Stevens as young Ruth
• Wendell Ramos as Jonathan Cruz
• Pauline Mendoza as Elise Gonzaga, Xavier's sister
• Victor Neri as Carlos Pineda
• Kylie Padilla^[10] as Lisa
• Mikoy Morales as Minyong
• Royce Cabrera as Luis
• Ruby Ruiz as Mi
• Gerard Acao as Pol
• Raul Morit as Ador
• Iza Calzado as Joanna "Jo" Zamora-Pineda, Ruth's mother and Dom's sister
• Nonie Buencamino as Jorge Delos Santos

On July 15, 2024, GMA Pictures released an official teaser poster for the movie which is an entry to the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[11] The film is entitled, Green Bones directed by Zig Dulay,^[5] who previously directed the film Firefly that won the Best Picture award in the previous year.^[12] Green Bones is one of the first five movie entrt for the film festival.^[13]

The screenplay is written by Ricky Lee and GMA Public Affairs Assistant Vice President Anj Atienza, while the story is written by JC Rubio.

Filming concluded on November 20, 2024.^[14]

The 2022 song "Nyebe" by Filipino boy band SB19 was used as the theme for Green Bones.^[15]

Green Bones was released in cinemas on December 25, 2024, at the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival.^[6] This is the first film to be released under GMA Pictures' distribution deal with American film company Columbia Pictures (through the Sony Pictures Releasing International label).^[16] The film was cited by the MMFF as one of the three top-grossing entries for its 2024 edition.^[17]

The film was screened at the Manila International Film Festival (MIFF) in Los Angeles on March 6, 2025.^[18]

In August 2025, Film Development Council of the Philippines announced Gteen Bones as one of preselected contenders to the Best International Feature Film category to the Academy Awards in 2026.^[19] It lost to Director Lav Diaz's movie Magellan which was chosen as the official entry to the Oscar awards in September 2025.^[20]