Despite a record-breaking 14 Irish nominations at this year's Academy Awards, the sci-fi adventure film Everything Everywhere All at Once took home the most awards of the night, including the prize for Best Picture.

Martin McDonagh's breakout black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin earned a historic nine Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, but the film's cast and crew went home emptied-handed on Sunday night.

The major Irish Oscar win of the night was for An Irish Goodbye, directed by Tom Berkeley and Ross White, which took home the best Live Action Short Film prize. In addition, Dubliner Richard Baneham took home his second Oscar for visual effects for his work on Avatar: The Way of Water.

However, the remaining Irish nominees missed out, including Kerry Condon for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, McDonagh for Best Director and Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin for Best International Feature Film.

Brendan Fraser won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Whale, while Michelle Yeoh made history for being the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress prize for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the directors behind the Best Picture winning film, won the award for Best Director, with their film also winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing, two categories The Banshees of Inisherin was also nominated for.

"This feels incredible. There is no movie without our brilliant and big-hearted cast and crew," Everything Everywhere All at Once producer Jonathan Wang said in his Best Picture acceptance speech.

"This is for my dad, who, like so many immigrant parents, died young. He is so proud of me, not because of this," he said, holding up his Oscar, "but because we made this movie with what he taught me to do."

Everything Everywhere All at Once is about a Chinese immigrant (Yeoh) who embarks on an adventure to connect different versions of herself across the parallel universe in order to save the multiverse. The film beat out nine other Best Picture nominees, including The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Women Talking, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Fabelmans and Top Gun: Maverick.

Fraser also beat out serious competition for the title of Best Actor, including Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin and Normal People star Paul Mescal for Aftersun.

The American-Canadian actor opened his acceptance speech by stating: "So this is what the multiverse looks like." Fraser then paid tribute to the cast and crew of The Whale, as well as to his fellow nominees.

"You let your whale-size hearts bare so we could see into your souls like no one else could do, and it is my honour to be named alongside you in this category," he said.

Whatever happens tonight, Ireland has won already.

14 Oscar nominations is huge. The interest here in our film sector this weekend is immense!

Any award win is a bonus

I'm in awe of all of the nominees. Savour every moment of this momentous occasion💚#Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/rOBCQjoPyu

— Catherine Martin TD (@cathmartingreen) March 12, 2023

Making history as the first Asian Best Actress winner, Yeoh fought back tears trying to put the magnitude of this moment into words.

"For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof, dream big and dreams do come true, and ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime," she remarked to loud cheers.