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Amy - Winner acceptance speech, Documentary, EE British Academy Film Awards in 2016

14 February 2016

Winner Acceptance Speech by Asif Kapadia in the Documentary category
 

ASIF KAPADIA:  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Thank you everyone that voted for the film.  Thank you for everyone who worked on the film, all of the crew, the contributors, the people who trusted us to tell this story.  It was a pretty difficult film to make, but it was -- in the end it was all about Amy.  We really fell in love with her when we were 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 got out of control and got a bit crazy.

UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER:  Thank you to Altitude, our partners here, Universal Music, Chris King our partner in crime, here.  David Joseph, Adam Barker.  Probably most of the people in this room have known someone who has struggled with addiction at some point or other yet the media in this country felt it was totally okay to basically tear somebody apart.  So next time somebody likes her comes along, let's try to be more grown up about it.  

ASIF KAPADIA:  Show a bit more love.  Thanks to our families as well.  Thank you for the support, thank you.