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The hugely anticipated new Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, will be shown at a special midnight screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Asif Kapadia (the man behind Senna), the film will receive a midnight screening that will also be paired with a “musical accompaniment” from her record label, Universal (one might expect to see Dionne Bromfield on stage).
In a joint statement from Kapadia and producer James Gay-Rees the pair announced: "This is an incredibly modern, emotional and relevant film that has the power to capture the zeitgeist and shine a light on the world we live in, in a way that very few films can"
"Amy was a once-in-a-generation talent who captured everyone's attention. She wrote and sung from the heart and everyone fell under her spell. But tragically Amy seemed to fall apart under the relentless media attention, her troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle. As a society we celebrated her huge success but then we were quick to judge her failings when it suited us."
Watch the trailer for Amy below
The film is set for release in the UK on 3 July. Winehouse died on 23 July , 2011, from alcohol poisoning.
