1971 FAMAS Awards
The 19th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1971 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1970.
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. On the other hand, Eddie Garcia was nominated in 3 different categories; Best Director for Crisis, best actor for Tubog sa Ginto and Best Supporting Actor for Pipo.
Awards
Major Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.| Best Picture | Best Director | |
Mga Anghel na walang Langit — FPJ Productions
| Lino Brocka — Tubog sa Ginto | |
| Best Actor | Best Actress | |
| Eddie Garcia — Tubog sa Ginto | Rita Gomez — Bakit Ako Pa? | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | |
| Amado Cortez — Bakit ako Pa? | Hilda Koronel — Santiago! | |
| Best Child Performer | Best Editing | |
| Roderick Paulate — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit | Augusto Salvador — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit | |
| Best in Screenplay | Best Story | |
| Augusto Buenaventura — Psycho Sex Killer | Ronwaldo Reyes — | Best Cinematography |
| Freddie Conde — Psycho Sex Killer | ' Loreto Isleta — Pipo |
Special Awardee
- Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award
- *'''Eddie Romero'''