Kapadia is an Academy Award®, four-time BAFTA Award, Grammy Award & European Film Award winning director, writer and producer and is one of the most influential filmmakers of his generation. Known for visually striking films which often feature ‘outsiders’ fighting against a corrupt or broken system. He is best known for the acclaimed trilogy of films AMY, SENNA and DIEGO MARADONA.

His seminal film SENNA was a huge hit around the world, winning BAFTAs for Best Documentary and Best Editing & The World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The acclaimed AMY, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and is the most successful theatrical British documentary of all time, winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, European, Grierson and Grammy awards for Best Documentary. DIEGO MARADONA premiered in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival & Telluride and went on to become the definitive film of the legendary and controversial footballer.

Kapadia’s debut drama feature THE WARRIOR starring Irrfan Khan won BAFTA film awards for Outstanding British Film of the Year and Special Achievement by a Director, Writer or Producer in their Debut Film as well as being nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language.

Kapadia directed episodes of the hit series MINDHUNTER for David Fincher, he Series Directed and Exec Produced the critical hit music series 1971: THE YEAR MUSIC CHANGED EVERYTHING.

2073, Kapadia’s genre-bending film set in the future tackles the biggest challenges endangering our present, starring Samantha Morton.

Moderated by Matt Dickinson

Matt Dickinson was a sports writer and columnist for The Times for more than 25 years, covering numerous World Cups, Olympic Games, Ryder Cups and Tour de France races among many sporting events. His awards include sports writer of the year. He is the author of ‘Bobby Moore – The Man in Full’, a bestselling biography about the only Englishman to lift the World Cup, and ‘1999 – Manchester United, The Treble and All That’. He was also a creative consultant for the recent three-part documentary on that historic season. He has ghosted books with David Beckham and Gary Neville, and contributed to the ‘Diego Maradona Opus’. After more than three decades in journalism, Matt has retrained as a psychotherapist, working in private practice and a prison setting. He also continues to write books.