CODA and Diuna are the winners of OSCARS 2022
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Although the blockbuster The Dune won six awards, the most important prize was awarded to the independent film CODA. Thus, Apple TV + became the first streaming service with an Oscar in the main category. Neither Netflix nor HBO had succeeded in this play before.
Troy Kotsur was awarded for his role in the movie CODA. He played the role of the father of the main character – the only hearing member of a deaf family; CODA stands for "child of deaf adults", meaning "child of deaf parents". The audience applauded the charismatic actor in sign language (a gesture resembling a "sun"). His speech, which he dedicated to his father and the deaf community, was also translated from sign language.
Troy Kotsur is the second deaf person in the history of the Oscars to receive a statuette in the acting category. The first was Marlee Matlin, who won the award for her performance in the film Children of Lesser God (1985). In "CODA" Matlin plays Kotsura's wife in the movie.
Jane Campion received an Oscar for directing Dog Claws. The New Zealander was nominated in 1994 for the best director for the film The Piano. Then she lost to Steven Spielberg, who won a statuette for Schindler's List and had to settle for the award for the script. This year she repaid Spielberg nominated for West Side Story. Thus, she became the third woman – after Kathryn Bigelow and last year's winner Chloé Zhao – in the history of the Oscars to leave the gala with a statuette.
