1973 FAMAS Awards

The 21st Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1973 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1972.

21st FAMAS Awards
Date	1973
Site	Philippines
Hosted by	Tina Revilla
Highlights
Best Picture	Kill the Pushers (JE Productions)
Most awards	Kill the Pushers (Pacific Movie Productions) (4 wins)
Most nominations	Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan (9 nominations)
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Kill the Pushers of JE Productions won the most coveted FAMAS Award for Best Picture award. It was also the first time that the academy gave two best actress award to Vilma Santos for Dama de Noche and Boots Anson Roa for Tatay na si Erap. The FAMAS was rocked by a terrible scandal, because a tie was unheard of, the public dissented the vote. Therefore, for the next years, the FAMAS invited film critics to be members of its nominating and awarding committee.^[1]

Awards

Major Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Kill the Pushers — JE Productions Productions Ang Alamar — FPJ Productions Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan — Virgo Film Productions Mahalin mo Sana Ako — Virgo Film Productions Tatay na si Erap — JE Productions Villa Miranda — JE Productions	Augusto Buenaventura — Kill the Pushers Celso Ad. Castillo — Ang Alamat Eddie Rodriguez — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco — Isinilang ang Anak ng Ibang Babae Tony Cayado — Nardong Putik Armando Garces — Sukdulan Lino Brocka — Villa Miranda
Best Actor	Best Actress
George Estregan — Sukdulan Fernando Poe Jr. — Ang Alamat Eddie Rodriguez — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan Jun Aristorenas — Elias, Basilio at Sisa Joseph Estrada — Kill thePushers Ramon Revilla — Nardong Putik Dante Rivero — Villa Miranda	Boots Anson Roa — Tatay na si Erap Vilma Santos — Dama de Noche Nora Aunor — And God Smiled at Me Marlene Daudén — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan Amalia Fuentes — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan Susan Roces — Bilangguang Puso Pilar Pilapil — Isinilang ang Anakng Ibang Babae
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nick Romano — Tatlong Mukha ni Rosa Vilma Eddie Garcia — Till Death Do Us Part Romy Diaz — Ang Alamat Jose Padilla Jr. — Ang Alamat Eddie Mercado — Dito sa Aking PUso Ruben Rustia — Kill the Pushers Lou Salvador Jr. — Villa Miranda	Marissa Delgado — Till Death Do Us Part Mary Walter — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan Alicia Alonzo — Villa Miranda Zenaida Amador — Kill the Pushers Chichay — Bilangguang Puso Cristina Reyes — Sukdulan Ely Roque — Tatay na si Erap
Best Child Actor	Best Child Actress
Robin Aristorenas — Elias, Basilio at Sisa Frankie Navaja Jr. — Ang Alamat Randy — Isinilang ang anak ng ibang babae Marlon Bautista — Nardong Putik	Snooky Serna — Mahalin mo Sana Ako Jingle — Babae.. Ikaw ang Dahilan Mari-Cris — Babae.. Ikaw ang Dahilan Beth Manlongat — Tatlong mukha ni Rosa Vilma
Best in Screenplay	Best Story
Eddie Rodriguez — Mahalin mo Sana ako Augusto Buenaventura — Kill the Pushers	Liza Moreno — Babae... Ikaw ang Dahilan
Best Sound Engineering	Best Musical Score
Angel Avellana — Kill the Pushers	Restie Umali — Ang Alamat
Best Cinematography (black and White)	Best Cinematography (Colored)
Ricardo Remias — Babae.. Ikaw ang Dahilan	Nonong Rasca — nardong PUtik
Best Editing
Marcilino Navarro — Nardong Putik

Special Awardee

• Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award
  • Dr. Jose R. Perez