2025 FAMAS Awards

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73rd FAMAS Awards
DateAugust 22, 2025
Site Manila Hotel, Manila
Hosted byR.S. Francisco, Sam Verzosa, Max Eigenmann and Tessa Prieto-Valdes
Highlights
Best Picture Alipato at Muog
Most awards Mamay: A Journey to Greatness (4)
Most nominations Green Bones (10), Mamay: A Journey to Greatness (10), Topakk (10)

The 73rd Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards has taken place on August 22, 2025, at the Fiesta Pavilion of Manila Hotel in Manila, Philippines. [1] It honors the best Filipino films released in 2024.

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Alipato at Muog , a documentary about the disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos, won Best Picture and Best Director awards. It is only the second documentary film to be conferred the Best Picture prize in the history of FAMAS Awards, following Aswang in 2020. [2]

Winners and nominees

A separate awards ceremony was held on May 10, 2025 for short-form films. [3]

Four-time FAMAS nominee Marian Rivera wins the Best Actress award for her role as a teacher in charge of a ballot box in Kip Oebanda's Balota. Marian Rivera - 2014 (cropped).jpg
Four-time FAMAS nominee Marian Rivera wins the Best Actress award for her role as a teacher in charge of a ballot box in Kip Oebanda's Balota .
Vice Ganda ties for the Best Actor prize on his first nomination as Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), Bambi Salvador, on Jun Lana's dramedy, And the Breadwinner Is... Vice Ganda in Tarlac (cropped).jpg
Vice Ganda ties for the Best Actor prize on his first nomination as Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), Bambi Salvador, on Jun Lana's dramedy, And the Breadwinner Is...
Arjo Atayde ties for the Best Actor award on his first nomination as an ex-special forces operative suffering from PTSD in Richard V. Somes' Topakk. Rep. Juan Carlos Atayde (19th Congress).jpg
Arjo Atayde ties for the Best Actor award on his first nomination as an ex-special forces operative suffering from PTSD in Richard V. Somes' Topakk .
Nadine Lustre wins the Best Supporting Actress award for the first time for her portrayal of a billionaire's feisty rebellious daughter in Uninvited. She has previously won the Best Actress award for Never Not Love You (2018) and Greed (2022). 20240315 Nadine Lustre at BVLGARI 04.jpg
Nadine Lustre wins the Best Supporting Actress award for the first time for her portrayal of a billionaire's feisty rebellious daughter in Uninvited. She has previously won the Best Actress award for Never Not Love You (2018) and Greed (2022).


Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. [4] [5]

FAMAS Short Film Festival winners

List of winners in the first ever FAMAS Short Film Festival. [6]


CategoryTitleAwardee
Best Student FilmKiyawJericho Jeriel Bassig
Best Documentary FilmNo Man Left BehindElla Mage and Emir Kahn Bautista
Best Advocacy FilmBenepisyoAngelito J. De Guzman
Hello, Mr. JenkinsGian Arre and Flo Reyes
Best Child Performer/ActorEarl Quintana (Parapo)Jhonn Bobier
Best ActressMina Cruz (As The Moth Flies)Gayle Oblea
Best Actor Soliman Cruz (Ang Huling Liham)Miguel Potestades
Best Production DesignHarley Alcasid (One Day, Three Autumns)Bridget Rabo Ng-Ting
Best Music & Sound DesignGlemuel Rigo and Junelle Tecson (Kiyaw)Jericho Jeriel Bassig
Best EditingGayle Oblea and Noah del Rosario (As The Moth Flies)Gayle Oblea
Best CinematographyJhonn Bobier, Lance Allen, and Justine Mark Uy (Parapo)Jhonn Bobier
Best ScreenplayKita Mo ‘To?Adam Dominic Dumaguin
Best DirectorParapoJhonn Bobier
Best PictureAs The Moth FliesGayle Oblea

Honorary Awards

The following were the other special honorary awards. [5]

References

  1. Bonoan, Reggee (August 23, 2025). "LIST: Mga bituin na kinilala sa 73rd FAMAS; Marian, Arjo 1st time nabigyan ng tropeyo" [LIST: Stars recognized at 73rd FAMAS; Marian, Arjo 1st time award recipients]. Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  2. Villa, Kathleen de (August 24, 2025). "'Alipato at Muog': From X-rated to Best Picture". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  3. Mercado, Josh (February 11, 2025). "FAMAS announces 1st short film festival". ABS-CBN. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  4. Arciaga, Glydell (August 12, 2025). "List: Here are the nominees for the 73rd FAMAS Awards". Philstar Life. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Santiago, Erwin. "73rd FAMAS: Marian, Vice, Arjo, Nadine, Jeric win top acting honors". PEP.ph (in Filipino). Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  6. Redondo, Chadson (May 10, 2025). "A Night To Remember: Winners of the first-ever FAMAS Short Film Festival". sinegang.ph. Retrieved January 9, 2026.