Respawn becomes the first Oscar-winning game studio

On April 26, 2020, Respawn Entertainment won an Oscar for their short film Colette at the 93rd Academy Awards.

The studio made history at the awards show by being the first video game studio to be nominated, and win, an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Colette was made in collaboration with Oculus and filmmakers Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard for the VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.

Colette tells the story of former French Resistance fighter Colette Marin-Catherine who, after meeting a young history student, is inspired to return to Germany after 74 years to visit the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp that she lost her younger brother to during the Nazi regime.

The 24-minute short was originally found in the Gallery element of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond which featured a collection of documentaries focusing on World War II veterans. The short also won the award for Best Short at the Big Sky Festival before it went on to join the Oscars 2021 winners list.

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