Dark comedy Birdman bagged four Oscars, including Best Movie and Best Director, at the 87th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood. Ida, the story of a Polish girl about to become a nun, won Best Foreign Language Film - defeating the much-fancied Russian entry Leviathan.
Birdman Wins Best Picture At Oscars, Poland's Ida Best Foreign Film
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Weighed down with awards - Alejandro G. Inarritu poses with his Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Birdman. The film also won the Best Cinematography prize.
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Julianne Moore accepts the Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her role in Still Alice, in which she portrays a 50-year-old with Alzheimer's disease.
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Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne, for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
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Actors Chiwetel Ejiofar and Nicole Kidman present director Pawel Pawlikowski (right) with the Oscar for best foreign language film Ida. Filmed in black and white, Ida tells the story of a novice in 1960s Poland who must decide whether to take her vows and become a nun - after learning that her family were Jews.
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The awards were presented with the usual Hollywood glitz at the 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre.
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Winners pose for a group pic - from left to right: J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash), Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood), Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne.
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Alexandre Desplat, winner for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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Roy Conti, Chris Williams and Don Hall strike a pose with their awards for Best Animated Feature Film (Big Hero 6).
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Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher and Andrew Lockley won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for science-fiction movie Interstellar.
