# 21st FAP Awards

The 21st FAP Awards were held on March 29, 2003, at the University of the Philippines Theater and they honored the best Filipino films of the year 2002.
The nominations was heavily criticized due to non-nomination of Mga Munting Tinig in the Best Picture despite being the official submission for the 75th Academy Awards.
Lapu-Lapu won most of the awards with seven awards, including the Best Picture. These results were heavily denounced because this film didn't even receive a single award in the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival and in the other three major film awards: FAMAS Awards, Gawad Urian Awards and Star Awards. The pakikisama system was mostly blamed that these results occurred. This system happens when an academy member only votes for their friends and not on the basis of cinematic accomplishments and craftsmanship. This is one of the triggering factors on why the voting process was reformulated to provide credible results.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture | Best Direction |
| Lapu-Lapu Batas ng Lansangan Dekada '70 Diskarte Kailangan Kita | William Mayo – Lapu-Lapu Joel Lamangan – Mano Po Rory Quintos – Kailangan Kita Ronwaldo Reyes – Batas ng Lansangan Chito Roño – Dekada '70 Edgardo Vinarao – Diskarte |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Lito Lapid – Lapu-Lapu Christopher de Leon – Dekada '70 Rudy Fernandez – Diskarte Fernando Poe Jr. – Batas ng Lansangan Rico Yan – Got 2 Believe | Vilma Santos – Dekada '70 Claudine Barretto – Kailangan Kita Sharon Cuneta – Magkapatid Ara Mina – Mano Po Maricel Soriano – Mano Po |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Piolo Pascual – Dekada '70 Roy Alvarez – Diskarte Tirso Cruz III – Diskarte Joonee Gamboa – Diskarte Dante Rivero – Lapu-Lapu Roi Vinzon – Batas ng Lansangan | Cherry Pie Picache – American Adobo Gina Alajar – Mano Po Amy Austria – Mano Po Maria Isabel Lopez – Lapu-Lapu Boots Anson-Roa – Mano Po |
| Best Screenplay | Best Story |
| Jerry Tirazona – Lapu-Lapu Lualhati Bautista – Dekada '70 Pablo Gomez & Manny Buising – Batas ng Lansangan Gil Portes, Adolfo Alix, Jr. & Senedy Que – Mga Munting Tinig Meek Roxas & Senen Dimaguila – Diskarte | Lualhati Bautista – Dekada '70 Manny Buising – Ang Alamat ng Lawin Pablo Gomez & Manny Buising – Batas ng Lansangan Gil Portes – Mga Munting Tinig Meek Roxas & Senen Dimaguila – Diskarte |
| Best Cinematography | Best Production Design |
| Shayne Clemente – Kailangan Kita Jun Dalawis – Lapu-Lapu Eduardo Jacinto – 9 Mornings Richard Padernal – Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo Jun Pereira – Diskarte | Manny Morfe – Dekada '70 Tatus Aldana – Mano Po Noel Naval – Got 2 Believe Fiel Zabat – American Adobo |
| Best Editing | Best Sound |
| Francis Vinarao – Diskarte Marya Ignacio – Kailangan Kita Tara Illenberger – Magkapatid George Jarlego – Mga Munting Tinig Augusto Salvador – Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo | Danny Lorilla – Lapu-Lapu Audio Media – Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo Albert Michael Idioma – 9 Mornings Nestor Mutia – Diskarte Arnold Reodica – Ang Alamat ng Lawin |
| Best Musical Score | Best Original Song |
| Blitz Padua – Lapu-Lapu | Coritha – "Mabuhay Ang Kalayaan" from Lapu-Lapu |
Notes:
^[A] The complete list of nominations for the Best Musical Score is unknown. ^[B] Coritha was the lone nominee in the Best Original Song.

### Special award

| Lifetime Achievement Award | Special Recognition Award |
| Susan Roces | Rodolfo Velasco |

## Multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Diskarte |
| 10 | Lapu-Lapu |
| 8 | Dekada '70 |
| 7 | Mano Po |
| 6 | Batas ng Lansangan |
| 5 | Kailangan Kita |
| 3 | Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo |
| 3 | Mga Munting Tinig |
| 2 | 9 Mornings |
| 2 | American Adobo |
| 2 | Ang Alamat ng Lawin |
| 2 | Got 2 Believe |
| 2 | Magkapatid |
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Lapu-Lapu |
| 4 | Dekada '70 |