The film also went on to earn the festival’s top prizes, including the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, the Directing Award, the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. The film was a co-production by Vendome Pictures and Pathe Films.Īpple Studios officially acquired the worldwide distribution rights to CODA after its world premiere at Sundance. It is produced by Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger, and Jérôme Seydoux with Ardavan Safaee and Sarah Borch-Jacobsen set as producers. While it doesn’t stray too far from its familiar coming-of-age dramedy plot, its keen observations of the hardships and joys of being deaf in a hearing world. By Jordan Hoffman JanuCourtesy of Sundance Institute Anyone worried that the virtual. Coda follows the only hearing member of a culturally deaf family as she finds her voice as part of her school’s choir Coda starts Sundance 2021 off on a high note. RELATED: Sundance 2021 Reviews: Judas and the Black Messiah, Passing & More!ĬODA is written and directed by Sian Heder. CODA Is Sundance 2021s First Big Sale at 25 Million Apple spends big on indie crowdpleaser. Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.īased on the award-winning French film titled La Famille Belier, the film stars Emilia Jones ( Locke & Key) as Ruby Rossi, Eugenio Derbez ( Dora and the Lost City of Gold) as Bernardo Villalobos, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin ( Children of a Lesser God) as Jackie Rossie, Daniel Durant ( You) as Leo Rossi, Troy Kotsur as Frank Rossi, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ( Vikings) as Miles, Amy Forsyth, and Kevin Chapman. CODA Sundance Film Festival EXCLUSIVE: In the first big deal of the 2021 virtual Sundance Film Festival, Apple has landed worldwide rights to CODA, for a number just north of 25 million. Her life revolves around acting as an interpreter for her parents and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother. But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and soon finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles. RELATED: Apple Unveils First-Look Images From Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story!ĬODA (an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults) centers around 17-year-old Ruby, who is the sole hearing member of a deaf family.
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The August release date will pit the film against three tough competitors in the form of Ryan Reynolds’ long-delayed action-comedy Free Guy, Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, and Stephen Lang’s Don’t Breathe 2. Starring Locke & Key‘s Emilia Jones, the film is scheduled to make its debut this coming summer on August 13 in theaters and on Apple TV+.
Apple’s Sundance-winning pic CODA sets summer release dateĪpple Studios has officially announced the release date for Sian Heder’s coming-of-age drama film titled CODA, which won multiple major awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, including U.S.
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