Call Me By Your Name has won Best Adapted Screenplay at this years Oscars.
Screenwriter James Ivory took the award for his script which was adapted from a 2007 novel by André Aciman.
Accepting the award after beating films including Logan and The Disaster Artist, Ivory thanked cast members Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
Ivory then praised the film itself for its depiction of first love.
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“Whether straight or gay or somewhere in between, we’ve all gone through first love, I hope, mostly intact,” he said.
This award makes Ivory the oldest Oscar winner in history.
Speaking backstage after his award, Ivory said that his victory after so many years felt like a ‘great hiccup.’
He said: “Having won the Oscar seems like a hiccup after 90 years. It feels great.”
Ivory is noted for his adaptations of LGBT novels, as one half of former production company Merchant Ivory.
With his partner Ismail Merchant, Ivory produced adaptations including one of famed gay novel Maurice.
The 89-year-old thanked Merchant, who died in 2005, in his speech, saying that Merchant had “led me to this award.”
“I wouldn’t be standing up here without the inspired help I received from my life’s partners, who are gone,” Ivory said.
Call Me By Your Name received three other Oscar nominations, Best Actor, Best Song and Best Picture.
Actor Timothée Chalamet lost the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role to Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour.
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