1957 FAMAS Awards

The 5th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1957 for the Outstanding Achievements for 1956 at Fiesta Pavilion in Manila Hotel.

5th FAMAS Awards
Date	1957
Site	Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel
Highlights
Best Picture	Luksang Tagumpay (LVN Pictures)
Most awards	Desperado (People's Pictures) (4 wins)
Most nominations	Desperado (11 nominations)
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Desperado of Peoples Picture ran away with the most wins (4) out of 11 nominations. However, it was Luksang Tagumpay by (LVN Pictures) who won the FAMAS Award for Best Picture.^[1]

Awards

Major Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Luksang Tagumpay — LVN Pictures Desperado — Peoples Picture Ang buhay at pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal — Balatbat and Bagumbayan Productions Hokos Pokus — Premiere Productions Kumander 13 — LVN Pictures	Ramon Estella — Desperado Gerardo de Leon — Ang buhay at pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal Armando Garces — Gilda Lamberto V. Avellana — Kumander 13 Gregorio Fernandez — Luksang Tagumpay
Best Actor	Best Actress
Eddie Del Mar — Ang buhay at pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal Efren Reyes — Desperado Ruben Rustia. — Haring Tulisan Jaime de la Rosa. — Kumander 13 Armando Goyena — Medalyong Perlas	Lolita Rodriguez — Gilda Olivia Cenizal — Desperado Delia Razon — Luksang tagumpay Charito Solis — Ulilang Birhen Rita Gomez — Via Dolorosa
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ramon D'Salva — Desperado Eddie Garcia — Gilda Joseph de Cordova — Kumander 13 Eddie Rodriguez — Luksang Tagumpay Venchito Galvez — Tumbando Caña:	Rosa Mia — Tumbando Caña Rebecca Del Rio — Luksang Tagumpay Maria Cristina — Tumbando Caña Rosa Aguirre — Ulirang Birhen Letty Ojera — WalangP anginoon
Best in Screenplay	Best Story
Ding M. De Jesus Gerardo de Leon — Hating-Gabi: Ramon Estella — Desperado Luciano B. Carlos — Gilda Lamberto V. Avellana — Medalyong Perlas for segment Welga Mike Velarde — Medalyong Perlas for segment Kapalaran	Mike Velarde — Luksang Tagumpay Agustin dela Cruz — Desperado Pablo S. Gomez — Gilda Lamberto V. Avellana — Medalyong Perlas for segment Welga Ding M. De Jesus — Hating-gabi
Best Sound Engineering	Best Musical Score
Demetrio de Santos — Desperado Flaviano Villareal — Let Us Live Joseph Straight — Gilda Luis Reyes — Kumander 13 Ben Patajo — Luksang Tagumpay	Tony Maiquez — Cinco hermanas Ariston Avelino — Desperado Rodolfo Cornejo — Gilda Francisco Buencamino Jr. — Kumander 13 Tito Arevalo — Saigon
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Remegio Young — Luksong Tagumpay Tommy Marcelino — Desperado Steve Perez — Gilda Hermo Santos — Haring Tulisan Emmanuel I. Rojas — Let us Live	Victoriano Calub — Desperado Jose Tarnate — Gilda Enrique Jarlego — Luksang Tagumpay Augusto Salvador — Haring Tulisan Gregorio Carballo — Medalyong Perlas

Special Awardee

• International Prestige Award of Merit
  • Badjao (LVN Pictures)