Oscar 2016 : Amy is Winner for Documentary Feature

Amy is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Documentary Feature, announced by presenters Dev Patel and Daisy Ridley.

Amy, was directed by Asif Kapadia.  British singer Amy Winehouse, a six-time Grammy® winner who died at the age of 27 in 2011 from the cumulative effects of substance abuse, had a turbulent life after her powerful singing voice was discovered and she was propelled to fame. Her strong personality, complicated marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil and love-hate relationship with the press are reflected in her music.

Amy wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

Amy won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature tonight. The Asif Kapadia-directed documentary, which gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Amy Winehouse's life, beat out Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land, Joshua Oppenheimer's The Look of Silence, Liz Garbus' What Happened, Miss Simone?, and Evgeny Afineevsky's Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom.

Amy has won several other awards leading up to tonight, but this is its most high-profile win so far. While accepting the Oscar with producer James Gay-Rees, Kapadia said, "This film is all about Amy about showing the world who she really was. Not the tabloid version, the real girl, the beautiful spirit... This is for Amy's fans who loved her through thick and thin. That was all she really needed."

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Below are the other nominees Amy beat out for the Documentary Feature category.

Cartel Land, directed by Matthew Heineman, has received a 2016 Oscar nomination for Documentary Feature Film.

On opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, two vigilante groups led by men staunch in their belief that they are saving their countries, fight against Mexican drug cartels. In Arizona, military veteran Tim "Nailer" Foley leads a paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, while in the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles organizes the citizens rising up against the Knights Templar cartel.

These are the first Academy Award nominations for Matthew Heineman and producer Tom Yellin.

The Look of Silence, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, has received a 2016 Oscar nomination for Documentary Feature Film.

Optometrist Adi was born after the 1966 murder of his brother during the genocide in Indonesia. Burdened by his parents' sorrow, Adi has led a quiet life ruled by fear of the government until he learns the identities of his brother's killers. Adi confronts the men and asks them to accept responsibility for their actions, thereby ending five decades of silence.

This is the second Academy Award nomination for Joshua Oppenheimer. He was previously nominated for The Act of Killing (2013) -- Nominee, Documentary (Feature).

This is the second Academy Award nomination for producer Signe Byrge Sørensen. She was previously nominated for: The Act of Killing (2013) -- Nominee, Documentary (Feature).

What Happened, Miss Simone?, directed by Liz Garbus, has received a 2016 Oscar nomination for Documentary Feature Film.

This is the second Academy Award nomination for Liz Garbus. She was previously nominated for The Farm: Angola, U.S.A. (1998) -- Nominee, Documentary (Feature).

These are the first Academy Award nominations for producers Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes.

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, has received a 2016 Oscar nomination for Documentary Feature Film.

During three months in 2013 and 2014, student demonstrations in Kiev's Maidan Square developed into a revolution by diverse groups of people calling for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych. Hoping for stronger ties to the European Union, protesters fought against government military forces to oppose Yanukovych's efforts to ally with Russia.

These are the first Academy Award nominations for Evgeny Afineevsky and producer Den Tolmor.