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The recent Amy Winehouse documentary film about her life, lyrics and cause of death has been shortlisted for an Oscar.
Senna director Asif Kapadia's documentary about the late British soul-singer came out in July to huge critical acclaim and became the second highest grossing documentary of all time at the UK box office.
Amy has now been shortlisted for the Best Documentary award at 2016‘s Oscars ceremony. Nina Simone biopic What Happened, Miss Simone? and Laurie Anderson's Heart Of A Dog are other music documentaries that could possibly scoop thee prestigious award, but the raw and revealing Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck didn’t make the list.
The shortlist will be reduced to five nominations on 14 January and The Oscars 2016 ceremony will take place on 28 February.
Take a look at the full shortlist below
Amy
Best Of Enemies
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
Heart Of A Dog
The Hunting Ground
Listen To Me Marlon
The Look Of Silence
Meru
3 1/2 Minutes,
10 Bullets
We Come As Friends
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Where To Invade
Next Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
We saw Amy and spoke with the film's editor about the emotional journey that the team took when making this heartfelt and difficult documentary about a wonderfully talented musician that the word lost far too early. The Filmmakers also recently responded to criticism from Amy Winehouse's father that the documentary what disrespectful to his daughter.
