London:
Asif
Kapadia,
Britain-based
director
of
Indian
origin,
is
developing
a
yet-to-be-titled
documentary
on
late
singer-songwriter
Amy
Winehouse.
He
will
introduce
the
project
to
buyers
at
the
upcoming
Cannes
International
Film
Festival.
Winehouse
died
of
alcohol
poisoning
in
2011,
five
years
after
rising
to
international
fame
with
her
album
Back
to
Black.
James
Gay-Rees,
producer
of
Kapadia's
Senna,
will
produce
the
documentary
through
Playmaker
Films,
a
new
banner
owned
jointly
by
him
and
Kapadia.
The
film
will
be
co-produced
by
Universal
Music,
reports
variety.com.
"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," Kapadia
and
Gay-Rees
said
in
a
joint
statement.
"Amy
was
a
once-in-a-generation
talent
who
captured
everyone's
attention;
she
wrote
and
sang
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."
Kapadia
also
directed
the
2001
feature
The
Warrior,
starring
Indian
actor
Irrfan.
His
new
project
will
be
part
of
the
Focus
Features
slate
at
the
Cannes
film
fest,
which
kickstarts
May
15.