{"id":503375,"date":"2026-01-09T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:01:12","slug":"cinema-eye-honors-gives-top-prize-to-come-see-me-in-the-good-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503375\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema Eye Honors Gives Top Prize To ‘Come See Me In The Good Light’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCome See Me in the Good Light<\/a> strengthened its case for an Oscar nomination, winning two awards at the Cinema Eye Honors<\/a> in New York tonight, including Outstanding Feature.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film directed by Ryan White, which tells the love story of poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley and their courage, grace and humor responding to Gibson\u2019s terminal cancer diagnosis, faced stiff competition in the feature category from 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Afternoons of Solitude, Cover-Up, The Perfect Neighbor, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, and Seeds. Come See Me in the Good Light also won Outstanding Original Music Score, recognizing the work of composer Blake Neely.<\/p>\n

\n\tComedian Tig Notaro, who produced Come See Me in the Good Light along with Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, and Stef Willen, accepted the Cinema Eye trophy on behalf of the team. She acknowledged it initially required some effort convincing White and Hargrave to take on the project.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t(L-R) Producer Stef Willen, producer Tig Notaro, producer Jessica Hargrave and producer-director Ryan White attend the \u2018Come See Me In The Good Light\u2019 premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNeilson Barnard\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen I pitched this to Jess and Ryan, they were like, \u2018Huh, okay. Yeah, a poet with cancer, let us get back to you,\u2019\u201d Notaro recalled. \u201cAnd it was just really like, \u2018Listen, if you just look into Andrea and Meg just even a little bit, you\u2019re either going to be in or out.\u2019 And three days later, they called me and they were like, \u2018Oh man, we are buying our plane tickets, and we are going out there [to Colorado] next week.\u2019 And I remember Ryan saying, \u2018We can\u2019t pitch this to any streamers. We have to raise money independently and make the most beautiful film that we can possibly make.\u2019 And we did that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEventually, the film in fact was embraced by a streamer \u2013 Apple TV. Last month, it earned a spot on the coveted shortlist of feature documentaries that remain in the running for Oscar recognition (nomination voting begins on Monday).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Cinema Eye Honors, now in its 19th year, celebrates the documentary art form in multiple categories. Scroll for the full list of the night\u2019s winners.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Former<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (center, seated) in \u2018Apocalypse in the Tropics<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n

\n\tCinema Eye cast a wide glance across the nonfiction space, awarding prizes to multiple films. The award for Outstanding Production resulted in a tie between HBO\u2019s The Alabama Solution<\/a> and the Netflix feature Apocalypse in the Tropics. The latter film, directed by Petra Costa and produced by Costa and Alessandra Orofino, examines the rise of Christian nationalism in Brazil, a movement that played a key role getting right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro elected president in 2018. After Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection in 2022, he allegedly attempted a stage a coup \u2013 an effort to subvert democracy that earned him a lengthy prison term.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccepting the award, Costa alluded to those developments in her home country.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe had our Trump of the tropics, and we filmed him being defeated,\u201d Costa shared. \u201cWe filmed him intimately in many moments and it was wonderful to see him lose. And it was wonderful to see him after that \u2014 well, not wonderful to see him\u2026 trying to kill the current president and in an assault similar to yours [of January 6]. But then he was condemned to 27 years in prison where he is now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'The<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The Alabama Solution\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHBO Documentary Films<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector-producers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman<\/a> accepted the Outstanding Production award for The Alabama Solution, an investigative film that exposes brutal conditions in Alabama\u2019s state prisons. Jarecki related how he and Kaufman gained rare access to the grounds of a prison through the good offices of a preacher who holds annual barbecues\/revival meetings at some of the state\u2019s correctional institutions. He suggested the filmmakers come ostensibly as volunteers helping put on a barbecue.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI pressed [the pastor] and I said, \u2018So, if I go back to New York and I get Charlotte Kaufman and we come back down here and you take us into the prison, what will we see?\u2019\u201d Jarecki recalled. \u201cAnd he sort of thought for a second and then very cautiously said, \u2018If you come back, I\u2019ll take you on the death row at Holman Prison and you\u2019ll see it\u2019s a slave ship.\u2019 And it was such a powerful moment. And at that moment, I just thought films choose you, you don\u2019t choose these films.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t(Jarecki and Kaufman will appear on the next episode of Deadline\u2019s Doc Talk podcast on Tuesday to discuss their Oscar-shortlisted film).<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Seeds'\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWalking Productions<\/p>\n

\n\tGeeta Gandbhir<\/a> won Outstanding Direction for her searing Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor. That Oscar-shortlisted film also won Outstanding Editing, recognizing the work of Viridiana Lieberman. Seeds, the Oscar-shortlisted feature documentary directed by Brittany Shyne<\/a>, won two awards \u2013 for Outstanding Debut and Outstanding Cinematography.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso claiming multiple awards was Social Studies<\/a>, the FX series directed by Lauren Greenfield \u2014 winner for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Broadcast Editing.<\/p>\n

\n\tOutstanding Nonfiction Short went to Joshua Seftel\u2019s All the Empty Rooms<\/a>, a Netflix film (it\u2019s shortlisted for the Oscars as well).<\/p>\n

\n\tOther films on the Oscar Feature Shortlist receiving honors include Co-Existence My Ass!<\/a>, Cover-Up<\/a> and Mr. Nobody Against Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAcclaimed Danish editor Janus Billeskov Jansen was presented with the inaugural Cinema Eye\/Con Award for Career Achievement,\u201d the event noted, \u201cand four films were added to Cinema Eye\u2019s Legacy Film Canon: Burden of Dreams, Portrait of Jason, Sans Soleil and Tongues Untied.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 19th Annual Honors were once again held at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem and were live streamed on Cinema Eye\u2019s YouTube channel. The night\u2019s presenters (Cinema Eye refers to them as \u201cguides\u201d) included six previous Cinema Eye winners: Mila Aung-Thwin (Last Train Home); Diane Becker (Navalny); Sigrid Dyekj\u00e6r (The Cave); Contessa Gayles (Songs from the Hole); Su Kim (Hale County This Morning This Evening), and Caroline Waterlow (OJ: Made in America). The awards ceremony capped a week of events in New York that attracted nominees from around the world.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is the full list of winners on the night:<\/p>\n

\n\tFeature<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tCome See Me in the Good Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tRyan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen, Brandon Somerhalder, Berenice Ch\u00e1vez, Blake Neely, Dave Richards, Brent Kiser, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley<\/p>\n

\n\tDirection<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGeeta Gandbhir<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Perfect Neighbor<\/p>\n

\n\tEditing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tViridiana Lieberman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Perfect Neighbor<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t(tie)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Alabama Solution<\/p>\n

\n\tand<\/p>\n

\n\tPetra Costa and Alessandra Orofino<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tApocalypse in the Tropics<\/p>\n

\n\tCinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBrittany Shyne<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSeeds<\/p>\n

\n\tOriginal Music Score<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBlake Neely<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tCome See Me in the Good Light<\/p>\n

\n\tSound Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJames LeBrecht, Greg Francis and Nina Hartstone<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDeaf President Now!<\/p>\n

\n\tVisual Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSara Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, Josh Shaffner and Kevin Eskew<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s Never Over, Jeff Buckley<\/p>\n

\n\tDebut<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSeeds<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected By Brittany Shyne<\/p>\n

\n\tAudience Choice Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Tale of Silyan<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected By Tamara Kotevska<\/p>\n

\n\tNonfiction Short<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAll The Empty Rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Joshua Seftel<\/p>\n

\n\tSpotlight Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTo the West, in Zapata<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected By David Bim<\/p>\n

\n\tHeterodox Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Voice of Hind Rajab<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected By Kaouther Ben Hania<\/p>\n

\n\tUnforgettables Honorees:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNoam Shuster-Eliassi<\/strong>\/Coexistence, My Ass!<\/p>\n

\n\tAndrea Gibson and Megan Falley<\/strong>\/Come See Me in the Good Light<\/p>\n

\n\tSeymour Hersh<\/strong>\/Cover-Up<\/p>\n

\n\tSara Shahverdi<\/strong>\/Cutting Through Rocks<\/p>\n

\n\tPavel Talankin<\/strong>\/Mr. Nobody Against Putin<\/p>\n

\n\tJacinda Ardern<\/strong>\/Prime Minister<\/p>\n

\n\tFatma Hassona<\/strong>\/Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk<\/p>\n

\n\tBroadcast Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tPee-wee as Himself<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Matt Wolf<\/p>\n

\n\tHBO | Max<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNonfiction Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSocial Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Lauren Greenfield<\/p>\n

\n\tFX on Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAnthology Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tConan O\u2019Brien Must Go<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive Producers Conan O\u2019Brien and Jeff Ross<\/p>\n

\n\tHBO | Max<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBroadcast Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSocial Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tFX on Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tEdited by Alyse Ardell Spiegel, Helen Kearns, Catherine Bull and Charles Little II<\/p>\n

\n\tBroadcast Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOmnivore<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDirector of Photography Tom Elliott, Sy Turnbull and Jurgen Lisse<\/p>\n

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