The 2023 Oscars nominations have been announced and Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin stole the show this afternoon.
Two Irish actors are in the Best Actor category, Colin Farrell for his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin and Paul Mescal for his role in Aftersun.
The Banshees of Inisherin had further success with being nominated for Best Picture. Barry Keoghan and Brendan Gleeson receiving nominations for the supporting actor category while Kerry Condon was nominated in for best supporting actress.
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A historical 14 Irish nominations for the Oscars
Here's a recap of all the Irish success today:
Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin was one of the big stars at the announcement ceremony. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Original Score.
Colin Farrell was nominated for Best Actor for his role in the film whileBarry Keoghan and Brendan Gleeson receiving nominations for the supporting actor category and Kerry Condon was nominated for best supporting actress.
Maynooth native Paul Mescal picked up a Best Actor nomination for his role in Aftersun. An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) has been nominated for Best International Feature Film.
Irish editor Jonathan Redmond is nominated for Best Editing for his work on Elvis while Dubliner Richard Baneham is among the nominees for Best Visual Effects for his work in Avatar: The Way of Water's.
The Northern Irish film An Irish Goodbye was nominated for Best Live-Action Short.
Best Picture nominees
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Avatar: The Way Of Water
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Fabelmans
- Tar
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Triangle of Sadness
- Women Talking
Best actor
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Bill Nighy, Living
- Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Nomination for Music (original score)
- All Quiet on the Western Front, Volker Bertelmann
- Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
- The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
- Everything Everywhere All at Once, Son Lux
- The Fabelmans, John Williams
Nominees for Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness
Nominees for Actress in a Supporting Role
- Angela Basset, Wakanda Forever
- Hong Chau, The Whale
- Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Insherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Announcement is minutes away
The Oscars nominations are set to get underway in the next couple of minutes.
What time are the 2023 Oscar nominations taking place?
The 2023 Oscar nominations will take place in a Beverly Hills ceremony at 1:30pm this afternoon.
Actor and writer Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams, star of M3gan, will announce the nominations.
Here's a recap of all the Irish hopes for the 2023 Oscar nominations
Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin is expected to be successful today, with stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan all anticipated to pick up nominations. Paul Mescal is in contention for a Best Actor nomination for his role in Aftersun while Women Talking star Jessie Buckley will be hoping for a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
There is also hope that the popular Irish-language drama An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) will be nominated for the Best International Feature Film category. Meanwhile, Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon's My Father's Dragon has its eye on being nominated for the Best Animated Feature category.
Northern Irish film An Irish Goodbye is competing for a place in the Best Live-Action Short category.
Tallaght native Richard Baneham is part of the Avatar: The Way of Water's team hoping for a nomination for the Best Visual Effects.
