The 19th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1971 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1970.

19th FAMAS Awards
Date1971
SitePhilippines
Hosted byFred Montilla and Boots Anson-Roa
Highlights
Best PictureMga Anghel na Walang Langit (FPJ Productions)
Most awardsMga Anghel na Walang Langit (6 wins)

Mga Anghel na Walang Langit of FPJ Productions a movie about the life of street children won the most awards with 6 wins including the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and Best Story for Ronwaldo Reyes. This is the first movie where FPJ used the name Ronwaldo Reyes. Except from close associates in the production, no one knew who Ronwaldo Reyes was until the FAMAS awarding when Reyes was declared as the winner for best story. FPJ appeared and revealed himself as the man behind the man. Since then, he had been using the name in his writing and directorial credit.[1] On the other hand, Eddie Garcia was nominated in 3 different categories; Best Director for Crisis, best actor for Tubog sa Ginto (winner) and Best Supporting Actor for Pipo.[2][3]

Awards

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Major Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture Best Director
  • Mga Anghel na walang Langit — FPJ Productions
    • Psycho Sex Killer — Emar Pictures
    • Santiago!Lea Productions
    • Tubog sa GintoLea Productions
    • Wanted: Perfect Mother — Lea Productions
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Child Performer Best Editing
  • Augusto Salvador — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Best in Screenplay Best Story
  • Augusto Buenaventura — Psycho Sex Killer
Best Sound Best Musical Score
  • Demetrio de Santo — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
  • Restie Umali — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Best Cinematography (Black and White) Best Cinematography (Colored)
  • Freddie Conde — Psycho Sex Killer
  • Loreto Isleta — Pipo

Special Awardee

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References

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  1. ^ "Mga anghel na walang langit (1970): Trivia". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "1971 FAMAS AWARDS". Pelikula Atbp. Blog. September 11, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "FAMAS Awards (1971)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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