Low Budget CODA Wins The Best Picture Award

Low Budget CODA Wins The Best Picture Award

The 2022 Oscars was full of drama and surprises. It is like the movies never portrayed enough of the drama and surprises. The Academy awards spectacle was culminated by the Will Smith and Chris Rock incident and surprises like a low budget CODA wins the best picture award. We need a special award for the Oscars.

CODA, a relatively low budget movie by Apple Original Films first premiered on Apple TV+ on 13^th August 2021. CODA which is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, tells the story of the hearing daughter of a deaf family, who has to balance the demands of helping them in their daily lives with her own ambitions to be a singer.

The Awards

The small, independent film had three nominations to its name in the 94th Academy Awards. CODA won in all the categories nominated, it’s like the others had no say!  The nominations are:

1. Best Picture – CODA (Winner). Other nominees in this category were:
   • Belfast
   • Don’t Look Up
   • Drive My Car
   • Dune
   • King Richard
   • Licorice Pizza
   • Nightmare Alley
   • The Power of the Dog
   • West Side Story
2. Actor in a Supporting Role – Troy Kotsur – Movie: CODA (Winner). Other Nominees in the category were:
   • Ciarán Hinds – Movie: Belfast
   • Jesse Plemons – Movie: The Power of the Dog
   • J.K. Simmons – Movie: Being the Ricardos
   • Kodi Smit-McPhee – Movie: The Power of the Dog
3. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – CODA (Winner) – Screenplay by Siân Heder. Other Nominees were:
   • Drive My Car – Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
   • Dune – Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
   • The Lost Daughter – Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
   • The Power of the Dog – Written by Jane Campion

This is a big win to the streaming fraternity like Apple TV+. In a touching moment, the audience applauded in sign language as the cast and crew accepted the best film prize.