How to watch CODA in Europe

He was the great winner of the Oscars, making history as the first film from a streaming platform to win the coveted “Best Picture” golden statuette, and yet it cannot be seen on Apple TV+. Because?

CODA won the “Best Picture” award at the 2022 Oscars. The film marked a milestone in the his tory of world cinema’s most coveted awards by being the first film on a streaming platform to win this award. Apple bought the rights to the film to include it on its streaming platform, Apple TV+, for the not insignificant sum of 25 million dollars

. With only three years in this world, Apple managed to beat Netflix in this race to get an Oscar.

Not only did he win that Oscar, but also the Best Supporting Actor award, Troy Kotsur, who is the first deaf actor to win this award. Interestingly, actress Marlee Martlin, who stars in this film as Troy’s wife, was the first deaf actress to win an Oscar in 1986 for the film “Children of a Lesser God.” The film completed its awards with the Oscar for “Best Adapted Screenplay”.

With this award, Apple manages to beat its main competitors, demonstrating that this huge investment to acquire the rights to CODA was worth it. However, the move did not go well for him. The film was bought by Apple while some distributors had already acquired the rights, and in Europe it was Tripictures who took the cat to the water. It was released theatrically in Europe on February 18, 2022.

, and can still be seen on some billboards. After the success at the Oscars, the cinemas in which it can be seen will surely expand, especially since it is not yet available on any streaming platform in our country. The arrival on Apple TV + does not yet have a date, and Movistar has also confirmed that it will be in its first catalog, but also undated.