The 57th FAMAS Awards was held last October 19, 2009 at the Grand Theater of PACGOR in Paranaque City.

The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, also known as FAMAS Awards, are the awards given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an award-giving body for Philippine cinema composed of Palanca Award-winning writers and movie columnists and writers, since 1952. It is widely conceived as the Filipino equivalent of the American Academy Awards.

The FAMAS Awards is one of the four main film awards of the Philippines. It is given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences, which is an independent award-giving body composed of notable writers and movie columnists. The awards are doled out annually since 1952, which makes it the oldest film industry award-giving body in the Philippines and in Asia. The FAMAS Awards, from 1976 to 1982, has been the highest Filipino film award that a filmmaker or artisan could ever receive in the Filipino movie industry.

Here are this year’s winners:

(Major Awards)
Best Director: Ed Palmos (Ay Ayeng)
Best Actress: Heart Evangelista (Ay ayeng)
Best Actor: Allen Dizon (Paupahan)
Best Supporting Actress: Snooky Serna (Paupahan)
Best Supporting Actor: German Moreno (Paupahan)
Best Child Actor: Dominico Soriano (Ay Ayeng)
Best Child Actress: Jessica May Flores (Ay Ayeng)

(Special Awards)
Presidential Award: Carlo J. Caparas and Donna Villa
Flavio Macaso Awardee: Alice Hernandez Reyes
Dr. Jose R. Perez Memorial Award: Junne C. Quintana
Fernando Poe Jr. Award: Ramon Revilla Jr.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Delia Razon
Huwarang Bituin ng FAMAS: Gloria Romero
Golden Artist Awardee: Sarah Geronimo
Exemplary Achievement Award: Vilma Santos
German Moreno Achievement Award: Kris Bernal and Aljur Abrenica / Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson
Special Citation Award: Atty. Ariel Enrile Inton jr.
Special citations: Cora Pastrana
Posthumous Award: Roland Dantes