‘CODA’ wins Oscar For Best Picture

• ‘CODA’ (which stands for Child of Deaf Adults), scripted history by becoming the first film with a cast of predominantly deaf actors to win the Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards.

• Written and directed by Sian Heder, CODA is a heartwarming movie about a deaf family with a hearing daughter.

• ‘CODA’ became the first movie from a streaming service, Apple TV+, to win the top prize.

• When the movie won Oscars for best picture, best supporting actor and best adapted screenplay, nearly everyone in the audience stood and applauded in sign language.

• Jane Campion became just the third woman in the 94-year history of the Oscars to win best director award, for her ‘Power of the Dog’, after Kathryn Bigelow (for ‘The Hurt Locker’ in 2010) and Chloe Zhao (for ‘Nomadland’ in 2021).

• Will Smith won the best actor award for playing the determined father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in ‘King Richard’.

• Jessica Chastain landed the best actress award for playing TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’.

• Troy Kotsur made history as the first deaf man to win an Oscar, earning best supporting actor for ‘CODA’.

• Supporting actress award went to Ariana DeBose for playing the spirited Anita in Steven Spielberg’s remake of ‘West Side Story’.

• Science-fiction epic ‘Dune’ won the most awards of the night, earning six accolades in categories such as cinematography and editing.

• Indian documentary ‘Writing With Fire’ lost to ‘Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’ in the best documentary feature category.

Full list of winners:

• Best Picture: CODA

• Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

• Best Actor: Will Smith (King Richard)

• Best Actress: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

• Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur (CODA)

• Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

• Original Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

• Adapted Screenplay: Sian Heder (CODA)

• Animated Feature Film: Encanto

• Best International Feature Film: Drive My Car (Japan)

• Production Design: Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos (Dune)

• Costume Design: Jenny Beavan (Cruella)

• Cinematography: Greig Fraser (Dune)

• Film Editing: Joe Walker (Dune)

• Makeup and Hairstyling: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh)

• Sound: Dune (Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett)

• Visual Effects: Dune (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer)

• Music (Original Score): Hans Zimmer (Dune)

• Music (Original Song): No Time to Die (from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell)

• Documentary (Feature): Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

• Documentary (Short Subject): The Queen of Basketball

• Short Film (Animated): The Windshield Wiper

• Short Film (Live Action): The Long Goodbye.

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