Asif Kapadia

Revisit the BAFTA-winning first narrative feature film of Asif Kapadia, followed by a Q&A with the acclaimed director.

With a focus on the award-winning documentary Amy (2015) hear about how Asif Kapadia approaches his work as a filmmaker. Students and teachers will also have the opportunity to ask their own questions.

Docs Ireland are delighted to welcome one of their documentary heroes to QFT. Asif Kapadia will be sharing his insights and experiences in a long-form conversation with filmmaker Lisa Barros D’sa (Good Vibrations).

2073, the new film from director Asif Kapadia, opens with a shot of a wildfire blazing through the trees of a hilltop. Its directionless destruction becomes hypnotic, especially as it melds with the images of recent memory: Los Angeles transforming into an inferno.

British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, an Oscar winner with “Amy,” will be the opening speaker of the 23rd edition of the industry program of documentary festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland.

Asif Kapadia has directed documentaries including ‘Senna’ about Formula One champion Ayrton and the Amy Winehouse Oscar-winner ‘Amy’. In his new film ‘2073’, he’s delivered a docu-drama set in a future ravaged by climate change, authoritarianism and controlled by tech billionaires.

We are delighted to reveal Guest Curator, Asif Kapadia’s selection of films that will form part of his contribution to this year’s Festival, and that he will take part in an In Conversation event with long-time collaborator Chris King.

All The Guardian articles about Asif Kapadia.

The maker of critically acclaimed documentaries such as 'Amy' and 'Senna' has made a film that's part doc, part drama, set in the future. It stars Samantha Morton as an activist forced to live underground in 2073.

Sometimes it can seem as if the line between dystopian fiction and daily headlines is growing increasingly thin. That’s why Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia has crafted something unprecedented: a documentary set in the future.

From his Oscar-winning Amy Winehouse documentary to his new sci-fi hybrid 2073, Asif Kapadia has consistently defied industry conventions. His journey from working-class Hackney in London to becoming one of Britain’s most innovative filmmakers illuminates how an outsider’s perspective can transform storytelling.

The intersection of directorial vision and collaborative practice represents one of the most complex dynamics in contemporary documentary filmmaking. Director Asif Kapadia’s approach to his latest film, 2073, offers a particularly illuminating case study of how these seemingly opposing forces can be productively synthesized.

2073 represents Kapadia’s most ambitious expansion yet. Just as La Jetée's protagonist was haunted by a memory of his own death, Kapadia's film centers on Ghost (Samantha Morton), a survivor in dystopian San Francisco who serves as a witness to humanity's self-destructive path.