Oscars 2024: Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' wins Best Film and sweeps up seven Academy Awards

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer has triumphed at this year’s Oscars, taking home seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy. 

Murphy beat Paul Giamatti to the coveted Best Actor Award, while Robert Downey Jr. was named Best Supporting Actor for his role in Oppenheimer. Murphy, winning his first Oscar from his first nomination, is also the first ever Irish-born winner in his category. 

"I'm a very proud Irish man standing here tonight," he said. "For better or for worse, we're living in Oppenheimer's world. I would like to dedicate this to all the peacemakers out there."

Nolan picked up his first Best Director Oscar, after being nominated previously for Dunkirk, beating out Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Glazer. 

When speaking about cinema, he said: “We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here but to know that you think I’m a meaningful part of it means the world to me.”

The film also won for Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Score.

Elsewhere, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things tallied four wins, including Best Actress for Emma Stone, who beat out favourite Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon). It’s the actress' second Best Actress Oscar after previously winning for La La Land. 

The film also picked up awards for Best Production Design, Best Hairstyling and Make-up and Costume Design.

Jonathan Glazer’s German-language Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest was named Best International Feature, the first ever British film to win in this category. The film also won for Best Sound.

In his speech, Glazer addressed the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, calling out the “dehumanisation” shown both in his film and in reality. “Right now we stand here