The 53rd FAMAS Awards: A family affair

The timing was right. It was Sunday, family day. Eight star-studded clans trooped to PICC for the FAMAS Awards and gave fans a crash course on showbiz history. It was nostalgia time again for more senior fans and screams galore for their younger counterparts.

The spotlight focused on showbiz clans: the Revillas, the De Leons, the Cruzes, the Eigenmanns, the Gutierrezes, the Fernandezes, the Estradas and the Quizons. It was all for one and one for all, proving once more that in showbiz, as in other aspects of life, the love for the craft is passed on from one generation to the next.

As Christopher de Leon said at the PICC awards rites, it was showbiz that put food on the family table. And it is also showbiz that he chose as a profession.

The showbiz clans also proved that talent does run in the blood. Each clan boasts of several acting awardees.

The Honor Roll
• Best Actress – Claudine Barretto (Milan)
• Best Actor – Piolo Pascual (Milan)
• Best Director – Maryo J. delos Reyes (Naglalayag)
• Best Picture – Naglalayag
• Best Supporting Actress – Aleck Bovick (Naglalayag)
• Best Supporting Actor – Dennis Trillo (Aishite Imasu)
• Best Child Actress – Julianne Gomez (Feng Shui)
• Best Child Actor – John Vladimir Manalo (Feng Shui)
• Best Screenplay – Cris Vertido (Panaghoy sa Suba)
• Best Story – Irma Dimaranan – (Naglalayag)
• Best Theme Song – Sa Gitna ng Buhay (Naglalayag) - Bituin Escalante
• Best Production Design – Joey Luna (Aishite Imasu)
• Best Cinematography – Odessey Flores (Naglalayag)
• Best Editing – Jess Navarro (Naglalayag)
• Best Sound – Ramon Reyes (Aishite Imasu)
• Best Visual Effects – Naglalayag
• Best Special Effects – Fel Rodolfo Jr. (Lastikman)
• Best Music – Jesse Lucas (Mano Po 3 My Love)

Special awards

• Natatanging Alagad ng Sining – Fernando Poe Jr.
• Presidential Award – Ramon Revilla Sr.
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Pilita Corrales
• Golden Artist Award – Lea Salonga
• Circle of Excellence – Christopher de Leon
• Huwarang Bituin – Dolphy
• Atty. Flavio Macaso Memorial Award – Joe Lad Santos
• Lou Salvador Sr. Memorial Award – Don Pepot
• Dr. Jose Perez Memorial Award – Ronald Constantino
• German Moreno Youth Achievement Award – Angel Locsin and Dennis Trillo
• Special Citation for Theatrical Excellence – Jon Joven