Asif Kapadia’s Oscar nominated film beat “Cartel Land”, “He Named Me Malala”, “Listen to Me Marlon” and “Sherpa” to win the honour.
Asif Kapadia in his acceptance speech paid tribute to the tragic star, who died in 2011 at the age of 27, following a battle with drug and alcohol.
“We really fell in love with her when making the film and our aim and mission was really to try and tell the truth about her. To show the world what an amazing person she was, how intelligent, how witty, how beautiful she was, before it all kind of got out of control and went a bit crazy,” Kapadia said referring to the tabloid circus around Winehouse’s life.
The film has been critics favourite since making its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Though the singer’s father Mitch has distanced himself from the documentary, calling it a disappointment.
It is Asif Kapadia’s third trophy at the British Film Awards - had previously won for sports documentary “Senna” in 2012 and Irrfan Khan-starrer “The Warrior” in 2003.
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