This week saw the nominees announced for the 96th Academy Awards with biopic Oppenheimer leading the way.
And there's some Scottish interest with 'Poor Things', a film based on Glaswegian artist Alasdair Gray's novel of the same name, up for 11 Oscars.
The first Oscars were held in 1929, when Douglas Fairbanks handed out trophies at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Since then they have become an annual celebration of the best films of the year, with ‘Everything Everywhere All At One’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘The Fabelmans’ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ amongst the leading candidates for 2023.
Over the years many Scottish actors and filmmakers have been honoured by the Academy.
Here are 16 of them.
5. Jon Whiteley
Jon Whitely was born in the Aberdeenshire town of Monymusk and starred in five films in five years during his career as a child actor. In 1945 he won an honorary 'juvenile' Academy Award for his roles in 'The Kidnappers'. Photo: Hulton Archive
6. Tom Conti
Paisley's Tom Conti bagged an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 1983 for his part in comedy 'Reuben, Reuben'. Photo: AFP Contributor
7. Neil Paterson
Perthshire-born screenwriter Neil Paterson won an Oscar in 1960 for the script to the 'Room at the Top'. It was one of the few trophies not won by Ben Hur that year. Photo: University of Edinburgh
8. Peter Capaldi
He may now be better known for his roles in 'Doctor Who' and 'The Thick Of It', but Peter Capaldi won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1995 for 'Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life'. Photo: Lia Toby