It was an evening to remember for Everything Everywhere All at Once, as the sci-fi adventure dominated last night’s Oscars with a magnificent seven wins.

The film, which centres on an immigrant launderette owner’s mission to save the multiverse, landed the coveted Best Picture gong ahead of versatile contenders including All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin and Top Gun: Maverick.

The A24-distributed feature also pulled off a memorable hat-trick of acting prizes for three of its cast members, with Michelle Yeoh making history with her Best Actress win at the expense of frontrunner Cate Blanchett (Tár).

During her speech, Yeoh said;

“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.

“And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you that you are ever past your prime.”

As disillusioned laundromat owner Evelyn Quan Wang, the 60-year-old Malaysian star achieved a double feat in becoming both the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, and only the second woman of colour to win the category after Halle Berry’s success for Monster’s Ball in 2002.

Fittingly, Berry was on hand to congratulate Yeoh on stage while co-presenting the award with last year’s winner Jessica Chastain.

Earlier in the evening, Yeoh’s co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis were celebrating their own personal feats after landing Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for their respective turns as meek laundromat co-owner Waymond Wang, and cranky IRS agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre.

Though Quan’s win was heavily predicted, the Vietnamese-American star delivered an emotional speech that referenced the years he spent in obscurity after rising to fame as a child star in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies.

For Curtis, her Supporting Actress victory was seen as a surprise to many, as she overcame stern pressure from heavier favourites including Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin).

In addition to those acting wins, filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert both shared the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay prizes, while the film also took home Best Editing.

In the history of the Academy Awards, no other film has ever won Best Picture, Best Director and three acting prizes.

Additionally, Everything Everything All at Once also joins an exclusive club of Best Picture winners that have won seven Oscars or more, including Gone With the Wind (1939), Ben-Hur (1959), West Side Story (1961), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

Elsewhere, Brendan Fraser overcome strong competition from Austin Butler (Elvis) to walk away with the Best Actor gong for his powerful performance as morbidly-obese teacher Charlie in the drama The Whale.

Like former co-star Quan, Fraser had enjoyed his own comeback narrative after a number of years in obscurity. In addition to his win, the film also scooped the Best Makeup & Hairstyling prize.

After a marvellous performance at last month’s BAFTAs, Netflix’s remake of All Quiet on the Western Front enjoyed a solid night with four wins, including the coveted Best International Feature gong.

Additionally, the German war epic also prevailed in the categories for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Original Score for composer Volker Bertelmann.

Elsewhere, Sarah Polley picked up the Best Adapted Screenplay prize for her work on the ensemble drama Women Talking, while Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio and the political documentary Navalny secured victories for Best Animated Film and Best Documentary Feature respectively.

There was also British success for The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse as the BBC adaptation of the illustrated Charlie Mackesy book clinched Best Short Film (Animated). The people of Ireland were also in a joyful mood after An Irish Goodbye landed the Best Short Film (Live Action) gong.

Meanwhile, three of 2022’s biggest blockbusters scored an award apiece, with Avatar: The Way of Water easing its way to a Best Visual Effects win alongside Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Best Costume Design) and Top Gun: Maverick (Best Sound).

It was also an evening to remember for the people of India as the show-stopping track ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the lauded Tollywood blockbuster RRR took home Best Original Song.

Additionally, the country also celebrated a win in Best Documentary (Short Subject) for the short The Elephant Whisperers.

However, it was a night to forget for multiple Best Picture contenders as The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans and Tár all failed to win from a combined thirty nominations!

Chat show host Jimmy Kimmel was on presenting duties as he jokingly mocked the likes of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, the Irish nominees, and of course, last year’s controversial Best Actor winner Will Smith.

The full list of Oscar winners are…

BEST PICTURE
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jamie Lee Curtis, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WOMEN TALKING (Sarah Polley)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)

BEST EDITING
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
THE WHALE

BEST SOUND
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Volker Bertelmann)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
RRR, “Naatu Naatu”

BEST ANIMATED FILM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (GERMANY)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
NAVALNY

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
AN IRISH GOODBYE

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE