Documentary short Colette, co-produced by EA and Oculus Studios for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, wins an Oscar, a first for the videogame industry
Facebook just won its first Oscar. — “Colette,” from the social giant's Oculus VR group and EA's Respawn Entertainment …
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Discussion
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@respawn
@respawn
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We're over the moon about Colette's Best Documentary (Short Subject) #Oscars win tonight! From Vince, Peter, and all of us at Respawn, we are humbled and honored. Thank you. And if you haven't seen the film, you can watch it for free here: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
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@ruddlematthew
Matthew Ruddle
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So the winner of the Best Documentary Short, Colette, was produced by Respawn Entertainment and Oculus (!) It's part of the VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (!!) Did... did a video game just technical win an Oscar. #Oscars
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@nymo
Nicolo
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The Oculus and Respawn Entertainment produced documentary “Colette” won an Oscar tonight. Yes, that means that EA and Facebook technically won an Academy Award today. https://twitter.com/...
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@boztank
Boz
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Colette takes the Oscar! Huge congrats to the teams at @Oculus and @Respawn who produced this story. We're honored to have played a part in telling Colette's story. Watch it in VR here: https://www.oculus.com/...
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@ing3nu
Kimberly Unger
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WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO! GO TEAM GO! Congratulations @Oculus and @Respawn This is FREAKING AMAZING! https://variety.com/... #Oscars2021
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@krisholt
Kris Holt
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Colette's the first film produced by a game studio to win an Oscar. I guess video games are art after all?
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@jonsolomon
Jon Solomon
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@MattHelgeson “The documentary was included in the gallery mode of the first-person shooter virtual reality game “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond” from Respawn Entertainment & Oculus Studios, co-producers of the film. This makes “Colette” the first Oscar nomination for a video g…
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@joshsternberg
@joshsternberg
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So Facebook has won more Oscars than Hitchcock. https://variety.com/...