2025 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.^[1] It honors the best Filipino films released in 2024.

73rd FAMAS Awards
Date	August 22, 2025
Site	Manila Hotel, Manila
Hosted by	R.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)
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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]

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.

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).

Winners and nominees

Awards

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

Best Picture Alipato at Muog And the Breadwinner Is... Balota Green Bones Mamay: A Journey to Greatness The Hearing Topakk Under a Piaya Moon Uninvited When Magic Hurts	Best Director JL Burgos – Alipato at Muog Chito S. Roño – Espantaho Dan Villegas – Uninvited Gabby Ramos – When Magic Hurts Jun Lana – And the Breadwinner Is... Kurt Soberano – Under a Piaya Moon Lawrence Fajardo – The Hearing Neal "Buboy" Tan – Mamay: A Journey to Greatness Richard Somes – Topakk Zig Dulay – Green Bones
Best Actor Arjo Atayde – Topakk as Miguel Vergara Vice Ganda – And the Breadwinner Is... as Bambi Salvador Aga Muhlach – Uninvited as Guilly Vega Alden Richards – Hello, Love, Again as Ethan del Rosario Dennis Trillo – Green Bones as Domingo Zamora Kelvin Miranda – Chances Are You and I as Soleil "Sol" Sikat	Best Actress Marian Rivera – Balota as Emmy Ara Mina – Mamay: A Journey to Greatness as Hadja Alianur Mamay Judy Ann Santos – Espantaho as Monet Julia Montes – Topakk as Weng Diwata Kathryn Bernardo – Hello, Love, Again as Joy Marie Fabregas-del Rosario Rebecca Chuaunsu – Her Locket as Jewel Ouyang
Best Supporting Actor Jeric Raval – Mamay: A Journey to Greatness as Mayor Marcos Mamay Jhong Hilario – And the Breadwinner Is... as Biboy Salvador Joel Torre – Under a Piaya Moon as Leopoldo "Lolo Poldo" Infante Ruru Madrid – Green Bones as Xavier Gonzaga Sid Lucero – Topakk as Romero Will Ashley – Balota as Enzo	Best Supporting Actress Nadine Lustre – Uninvited as Nicolette Chantal "Nicole" Remegio Vega Alessandra de Rossi – Green Bones as Betty Claudine Barretto – When Magic Hurts Eugene Domingo – And the Breadwinner Is... as Baby Salvador Isabelle Sophie Ng – Her Locket as young Jewel Ouyang Mylene Dizon – The Hearing as Madonna
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

Honorary Awards

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

• Film Producer of the Year – Mentorque, Inc.
• Bida sa Takilya Award – Kathryn Bernardo
• FAMAS Circle of Excellence Award – Vilma Santos
• FAMAS Child Icon of Philippine Cinema – Judy Ann Santos, Gladys Reyes, Ian Veneracion, Ice Seguerra, Niño Muhlach, Matet de Leon
• German Moreno Youth Achievement Award – Andres and Atasha Muhlach
• Susan Roces Celebrity Award – Lorna Tolentino
• Nora Aunor Superstar Award – Judy Ann Santos
• FPJ Memorial Bida Award – Manny Pacquiao
• FPJ Memorial Kontrabida Award – Dindo Arroyo
• Dr. Jose Perez Memorial Award for Journalism – PEP.ph
• FAMAS Presidential Award – Marcos Mamay
• FAMAS Loyalty Award – Brian Lu