Sundance award-winner 'CODA' to premiere on Apple TV Plus on August 13

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What you need to know

  • Apple has announced that 'CODA' will premiere in theaters and Apple TV+ on August 13.
  • The film won four awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

We just got a release date for 'CODA' on Apple TV+.

In a press release, Apple has announced that its award-winning film 'CODA' will premiere in theaters and on Apple TV+ on Friday, August 13. The film, which was presented at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, took home four awards.

Written and directed by Siân Heder ("Tallulah," "Little America"), "CODA" was presented in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and went on to be honored with an unprecedented four awards at the festival: the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, the Directing Award, the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize.

The film tells the story of Ruby, the "sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults."

"CODA" stars Emilia Jones ("Locke & Key"), Eugenio Derbez ("The Casagrandes"), Troy Kotsur ("The Number 23"), Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ("Vikings"), Daniel Durant ("Switched at Birth"), Amy Forsyth ("Beautiful Boy"), Kevin Chapman ("City on a Hill") and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin ("Children of a Lesser God"), who will be serving as a presenter at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, April 25."CODA" is produced by Vendome Pictures and Pathé, with Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger and Jérôme Seydoux serving as producers, and Ardavan Safaee and Sarah Borch-Jacobsen as executive producers. Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family's struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). 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 (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) 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.

If you want to get ready for when 'CODA' premieres on Apple TV+, check out our list of the Best Apple TV in 2021.

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