Ireland waits with bated breath as the clock ticks down to The Oscars 2023.
Ireland has swept up 14 nominations for this year's awards for various categories including Best Actor, Best International Feature Film, Best Director, and more. Among the nominations is Dubliner Richie Baneham who is up for Best Visual Effects for Avatar: The Way of Water.
This isn't the first time the Tallaght man has been nominated for an Academy Award. Baneham had previously won Best Visual Effects in 2010 for the first Avatar film.