Director Lenny Abrahamson has said that it's hard not to get swept away in the awards fever building up around his new film Room.
The film, which is based on the book of the same name by Irish author Emma Donoghue, tells the story of a young woman and her five-year-old son who are held captive for six years in a tiny shed.
Lead actors Brie Larson and seven-year-old newcomer Jacob Tremblay have been universally praised by critics and the film has been nominated for a slew of awards, including three Golden Globes and nods at last week's Screen Actors Guild - all of which are seen as strong indicators of potential Oscar nominations.
Speaking to TEN, Abrahamson said: "If I could have imagined myself a year ago and if I could have eavesdropped on some of these conversations I would have been totally blown away.
"The mood with me, Emma and the rest of the crew who worked on Room vacillates between total unreality that the film is getting this amount of attention, there is great excitement, a sense of great satisfaction, exhaustion and then when people start to talk about this stuff, it's hard not to get caught up in it but you have to manage your expectations."
However, Abrahamson himself has as yet not received any nominations for best director for the film. "As someone said to me, `you've made a film that's got a best picture nomination and a best actor nomination, best screenplay nomination - what did you do wrong?!'" he told TEN.
"It doesn't bother me and getting a best film nomination feels like as big a compliment as you can get so I'm pretty excited about the whole thing."
Click on the video link to watch Alan Corr's interview with Lenny Abrahamson.
Room is in cinemas on January 15. Look out for our interview with Brie Larson in the new year.
