94th Academy Awards, winning each of the three awards it was nominated for: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Kotsur) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Read more: Critically acclaimed Stephen Graham film Boiling Point is now on Netflix It is the first film distributed by a streaming service, the first Sundance film and the first production featuring predominantly deaf actors in leading roles to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
On his win, Kotsur through his interpreter said: "This is dedicated to the deaf community, the Coda community and the deaf community.
This is our moment. "Kotsur credits his career with the impact he felt when he watched his CODA co-star Marlee Beth Matlin win the best actress Oscar in 1987 for her role in Children Of A Lesser God, the first deaf performer ever to win an Academy Award.
After claiming multiple prizes at the Sundance Film Festival, it became the event's biggest ever acquisition after Apple TV+ picked it up for $25million.
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