1982 FAMAS Awards

The 31st Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night^[1] was held in 1982 in the Philippines. This is for the Outstanding Achievements of the different films for the year 1981.

31st FAMAS Awards
Date	1982
Site	Philippines
Hosted by	Bert "Tawa" Marcelo and Coney Reyes; Helen Vela (anchorwoman)
Highlights
Best Picture	Kumander Alibasbas
Most awards	Kumander Alibasbas Pakawalan Mo Ako Pagbabalik ng Panday (3 wins)
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This is the first year in FAMAS history that three films won most of the awards. Kumander Alibasbas of JE Productions won the FAMAS Award for Best Picture including the fifth best actor award for Joseph Estrada. Pakawalan Mo Ako won the Best Actress award for Vilma Santos, and FPJ Productions' Pagbabalik ng Panday won most of the technical awards. Each of the films won three awards.^[1]

Awards

Major awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Kumander Alibasbas — JE Productions Bakit Bughaw ang Langit — Four Seasons Films International Pakawalan Mo Ako — MVP Pictures Salome — Bancom Audiovision	Augusto Buenaventura — Kumander Alibasbas Mario O'Hara — Bakit Bughaw ang Langit Eddie Rodriguez — Init o Lamig Elwood Perez — Pakawalan Mo Ako Laurice Guillen — Salome
Best Actor	Best Actress
Joseph Estrada — Kumander Alibasbas as Cesario "Kumander Alibasbas" Manalang Fernando Poe Jr. — Ang Maestro as Hernan de Zuñiga Anthony Alonzo — Hulihin si Pepeng Magtanggol as Pepeng Magtanggol Vic Silayan — Kisapmata as Tatong Dadong Carandang Christopher de Leon — Pakawalan Mo Ako as Freddie Rudy Fernandez — Pepeng Shotgun Dolphy — Titser's Pet	Vilma Santos — Pakawalan Mo Ako as Anna Nora Aunor — Bakit Bughaw ang Langit Vivian Velez — Ang Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang Alma Moreno — I Confess Charo Santos-Concio — Kontrobersyal as Mers Madsen Perla Bautista — Kumander Alibasbas Gina Alajar — Salome
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tommy Abuel — Karma as Alfredo Ting Jocson — Highschool Scandal Jay Ilagan — Kisapmata as Noel Manalansan Angelo Castro Jr. — Kumander Alibasbas Romy Diaz — Ang Maestro as Ignacio Dela Vega Lito Anzures — Pagbabalik ng Panday as Tata Temio Anthony Castelo — Pakawalan Mo Ako	Chanda Romero — Karma as Cristy Anita Linda — Bakit Bughaw ang Langit as Sofia Odette Khan — Kahit Ako'y Lupa Charito Solis — Kisapmata as Dely Carandang Rosemarie Gil — Dear Heart Deborah Sun — Pakawalan Mo Ako Armida Siguion-Reyna — Salome
Best Child Actor	Best Child Actress
Mark Versoza — I Confess Jerry Jones — Kahit Ako'y Lupa Dranreb Belleza — Kapitan Kidlat Bentot Jr. — Pagbabalik ng Panday as Lando Bongchi Miraflor — Salome	Sheryl Cruz — Mga Basang Sisiw Julie Vega — Mga Basang Sisiw Andrea Bautista — Tropang Bulilit Janice de Belen — Tropang Bulilit as Flor Lea Salonga — Tropang Bulilit as Lisa
Best in Screenplay	Best Story
Haydee Castillo — Hiwalay	Baby Nebrida — Init o Lamig
Best Sound	Best Musical Score
Cesar Lucas — Pagbabalik ng Panday	Lutgardo Labad — Pakawalan Mo Ako
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Ver Reyes — Pagbabalik ng Panday	Edgardo Vinarao — Init o Lamig
Best Theme Song	Production Design
Louie Ocampo — Pakawalan Mo Ako	Rolando Sacristia — Pagbabalik ng Panday

Special Awardee

Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award Lily Monteverde Dr. Jose Perez Memorial Award German Moreno

Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award Marichu Perez-Maceda Hall of Fame Award Angel Avellana ~ Sound Recording

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Imee Marcos	Gave a speech as guest of honor[1]

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Rico J. Puno	Performer[1]
Sharon Cuneta	Performer[1]
Ivy Violan	Performer[1]
Something Special	Performer[1]
Lirio Vital	Performer[1]