20th FAP Awards

20th FAP Awards
Date	March 23, 2002 (2002-03-23)
Produced by	Film Academy of the Philippines
Highlights
Best Picture	Abakada... Ina
Most awards	Abakada... Ina (7)
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The 20th FAP Awards (now known as Luna Awards) ceremony, presented by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), took place on March 23, 2002, at the UP Theater. Seen as the Philippine counterpart to the Academy Awards, the FAP Awards honors films released in 2001.^[1] Fernando Poe Jr., labelled as the King of Philippine Movies, accepts the Golden Reel Award.^[2] Meanwhile, industry veterans Gloria Romero and Nida Blanca both receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. This is a posthumous recognition for Nida Blanca, who died on November 7, 2001.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[4][5]

Best Picture	Best Direction
Abakada... Ina – Viva Films Bagong Buwan – Star Cinema Hubog – Good Harvest Films Mila – Star Cinema Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure – MAQ Productions	Eddie Garcia – Abakada... Ina Chito S. Roño – Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure Joel Lamangan – Hubog Joey del Rosario – Kaaway Hanggang Hukay Marilou Diaz-Abaya – Bagong Buwan
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ricky Davao – Minsan May Isang Puso Cesar Montano – Bagong Buwan Diether Ocampo – La Vida Rosa Jay Manalo – Hubog Piolo Pascual – Mila	Lorna Tolentino – Abakada... Ina Amy Austria – Bagong Buwan Assunta de Rossi – Hubog Maricel Soriano – Mila Mylene Dizon – Gatas... Sa Dibdib ng Kaaway
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Dante Rivero – Tuhog Carlo Aquino – Bagong Buwan Jericho Rosales – Bagong Buwan Nonie Buencamino – Bagong Buwan Ronnie Lazaro – Bagong Buwan	Caridad Sanchez – Bagong Buwan Alessandra de Rossi – Hubog Ana Capri – Minsan May Isang Puso Elizabeth Oropesa – Balahibong Pusa Jaclyn Jose – Tuhog
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Abakada... Ina Kaaway Hanggang Hukay La Vida Rosa Mila Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure	Abakada... Ina
Best Production Designer	Best Editing
Bagong Buwan	Abakada... Ina
Best Sound	Best Original Theme
Abakada... Ina	Susmaryosep! Four Fathers
Best Score
Parehas ang Laban

Special awards

Award(s)	Recipient(s)
Lifetime Achievement Award	Gloria Romero
	Nida Blanca
Golden Reel Award	Fernando Poe Jr.
Celebrity of the Night	Gretchen Barretto
Students' Short Films	Ulirat (1st)
	Deadline (2nd)
	Palara (3rd)

References

1. "Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP)". Malikhaing Pinoy. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
2. jiminiroski (June 15, 2009). FPJ-20th FAP Golden Reel Award (2003). Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via YouTube.
3. "PEP LOOKBACK: The gruesome murder of veteran actress Nida Blanca". PEP.ph. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
4. "Mga Nominado sa RP Oscar". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
5. "The 20th FAP Awards: Night of the veterans". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 16, 2025.