On August 23, the 73rd Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards honored some of the best full-length features, actors, and technical brilliance the Philippine entertainment industry had to offer this year.
This year’s Best Picture Award went to Alipato at Muog, a gripping documentary that centered around the 2007 abduction of activist Jonas Burgos, as well as the subsequent efforts of his family to uncover the truth behind his disappearance. Burgos’ younger brother JL directed the documentary and took home Best Director at the awards ceremony. “Sa totoo lang, lumikha kami ng pelikula na di umaasa ng kahit anong award,” said Burgos. “Ang nais lang naming sabihin ay mayroong ganitong klaseng kaganapan sa Pilipinas.”
Vice Ganda and Arjo Atayde earned the Best Actor accolade for their roles in And the Breadwinner Is… and Topakk, respectively. Topakk also won the award for Best Sound. The Best Actress award went to Marian Rivera for her performance in the political thriller Balota.
Nadine Lustre received the Best Supporting Actress award for Uninvited, the mystery crime thriller in which Lustre starred alongside Vilma Santos, who was honored with the FAMAS Circle of Excellence Award.
The award for Best Supporting Actor went to Jeric Raval for his role in the biopic Mamay. The film also won Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Musical Score, and Best Original Song (“Hamon”).
Best Editing went to The Hearing, while Best Visual Effects went to Espantaho. Best Screenplay was bagged by Green Bones, the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Picture winner, written by National Artist Ricky Lee and Anj Atienza. Mentorque, Inc. and Mamay Production earned Film Producer of the Year.
Kathryn Bernardo bagged the Bida sa Takilya honor for her performance in Hello, Love, Again, the highest-grossing Philippine film of all time.
