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Apple TV triumph at Academy Awards

Apple becomes the first streaming service honoured with Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Apple TV+ film CODA yesterday became the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to win Best Picture, with Apple the first streaming service honoured with Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Star Troy Kotsur is the first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar, and writer Siân Heder won Best Adapted Screenplay.

“On behalf of everyone at Apple, we are so grateful to the Academy for the honours bestowed on CODA this evening,” said Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “We join our teams all over the world in celebrating Siân, Troy, the producers, and the entire cast and crew for bringing such a powerful representation of the Deaf community to audiences, and breaking so many barriers in the process. It has been so rewarding to share this life-affirming, vibrant story, which reminds us of the power of film to bring the world together.”

“What an incredible journey it has been since the moment we first saw CODA to today’s historic recognition from the Academy,” said Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “It has been a true joy to witness the positive impact on humanity that this story and its performances have had worldwide. We send our warmest congratulations to Siân; Troy; the cast; the creative team; producers Patrick, Philippe, and Fabrice; and everyone who helped bring inclusion and accessibility to the forefront through this remarkable film.”

CODA is now streaming on Apple TV+.

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  1. Worth noting that ‘CODA’ is adapted from the French 2014 film ‘The Bellier Family’, a pretty common thing for Hollywood to do. It is shown on a regular basis on SBS-main difference being that the family are farmers rather than fisher folk. The basic idea of a young person wanting to go out into the wider world when they’ve been raised in a small, self contained community goes back to the very 1st talkie ‘The Jazz Singer’…

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