2025 FAMAS Awards
73rd FAMAS Awards
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. It honors the best Filipino films released in 2024.
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 .
Winners and nominees
A separate awards ceremony was held on May 10, 2025 for short-form films.
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...
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).
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface .
Best Screenplay
Ricky Lee and Angeli Atienza – Green Bones
Alipato at Muog
Balota
Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
The Hearing
Under the Piaya Moon
Best Cinematography
Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
And the Breadwinner Is...
Kalakal
Topakk
Uninvited
When Magic Hurts
Best Visual Effects
Espantaho
Alipato at Muog
Green Bones
Topakk
Best Editing
The Hearing
Alipato at Muog
Green Bones
Hello, Love, Again
Topakk
Under a Piaya Moon
Best Production Design
Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
Espantaho
Hello, Love, Again
Topakk
Under a Piaya Moon
When Magic Hurts
Best Sound
Topakk
Alipato at Muog
And the Breadwinner Is...
Green Bones
Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
Uninvited
Best Song (Theme Song)
"Hamon" – Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
"Hahamakin ang Lahat" – Uninvited
"Paruparo" – When Magic Hurts
"Sa Likod ng Tagumpay" – Idol
Best Musical Score
Mamay: A Journey to Greatness
And the Breadwinner Is...
Green Bones
Hello, Love, Again
Uninvited
When Magic Hurts
FAMAS Short Film Festival winners
List of winners in the first ever FAMAS Short Film Festival.
Category Title Awardee
Best Student Film
Kiyaw
Jericho Jeriel Bassig
Best Documentary Film
No Man Left Behind
Ella Mage and Emir Kahn Bautista
Best Advocacy Film
Benepisyo
Angelito J. De Guzman
Hello, Mr. Jenkins
Gian Arre and Flo Reyes
Best Child Performer/Actor
Earl Quintana (Parapo )
Jhonn Bobier
Best Actress
Mina Cruz (As The Moth Flies )
Gayle Oblea
Best Actor
Soliman Cruz (Ang Huling Liham )
Miguel Potestades
Best Production Design
Harley Alcasid (One Day, Three Autumns )
Bridget Rabo Ng-Ting
Best Music & Sound Design
Glemuel Rigo and Junelle Tecson (Kiyaw )
Jericho Jeriel Bassig
Best Editing
Gayle Oblea and Noah del Rosario (As The Moth Flies )
Gayle Oblea
Best Cinematography
Jhonn Bobier, Lance Allen, and Justine Mark Uy (Parapo )
Jhonn Bobier
Best Screenplay
Kita Mo ‘To?
Adam Dominic Dumaguin
Best Director
Parapo
Jhonn Bobier
Best Picture
As The Moth Flies
Gayle Oblea
Honorary Awards
The following were the other special honorary awards.
References
↑ 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 .
↑ Villa, Kathleen de (August 24, 2025). " 'Alipato at Muog': From X-rated to Best Picture" . INQUIRER.net . Retrieved August 25, 2025 .
↑ Mercado, Josh (February 11, 2025). "FAMAS announces 1st short film festival" . ABS-CBN . Retrieved August 14, 2025 .
↑ Arciaga, Glydell (August 12, 2025). "List: Here are the nominees for the 73rd FAMAS Awards" . Philstar Life . Retrieved August 25, 2025 .
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 .
↑ Redondo, Chadson (May 10, 2025). "A Night To Remember: Winners of the first-ever FAMAS Short Film Festival" . sinegang.ph . Retrieved January 9, 2026 .
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