‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Takes Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors

Ryan White’s “Come See Me in the Good Light” won top honors at the 19th annual Cinema Eye Honors in New York on Thursday. The documentary, which profiles poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing Gibson’s cancer journey, won prizes for outstanding nonfiction feature, original music score and Unforgettables honors for Gibson and Falley.

“The Perfect Neighbor” won outstanding director for Geeta Gandbhir and outstanding editing for Viridiana Lieberman, while “Seeds” also took two honors, for debut feature and cinematography for Brittany Shyne.

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“The Alabama Solution” and “Apocalypse in the Tropics” tied for outstanding production.

“Come See Me in the Good Light,” “The Perfect Neighbor,” “Seeds,” “The Alabama
Solution” and “Apocalypse in the Tropics” were all Oscar-shortlisted for documentary feature.

Lauren Greenfield’s FX series “Social Studies” was recognized for outstanding nonfiction series and broadcast editing.

See all the winners below:
Feature
Come See Me in the Good Light
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen, Brandon Somerhalder, Berenice
Chávez, Blake Neely, Dave Richards, Brent Kiser, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley
Direction
Geeta Gandbhir
The Perfect Neighbor
Editing
Viridiana Lieberman
The Perfect Neighbor
Production
(tie)
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
The Alabama Solution
and
Petra Costa and Alessandra Orofino
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Cinematography
Brittany Shyne
Seeds
Original Music Score
Blake Neely
Come See Me in the Good Light
Sound Design
James LeBrecht, Greg Francis and Nina Hartstone
Deaf President Now!
Visual Design
Sara Gunnarsdóttir, Josh Shaffner and Kevin Eskew
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Debut
Seeds
Directed By Brittany Shyne
Audience Choice Prize
The Tale of SIlyan
Directed By Tamara Kotevska
Nonfiction Short
All The Empty Rooms
Directed by Joshua Seftel
Spotlight Award
To the West, in Zapata
Directed By David Bim
Heterodox Award
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Directed By Kaouther Ben Hania
Unforgettables Honorees
Noam Shuster-Eliassi
Coexistence, My Ass!
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley
Come See Me in the Good Light
Seymour Hersh
Cover-Up
Sara Shahverdi
Cutting Through Rocks
Pavel Talankin
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister
Fatma Hassona
Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk
Broadcast Film
Pee-wee as Himself
Directed by Matt Wolf
HBO | Max
Nonfiction Series
Social Studies
Directed by Lauren Greenfield
FX on Hulu
Anthology Series
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Executive Producers Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross
HBO | Max
Broadcast Editing
Social Studies
Edited by Alyse Ardell Spiegel, Helen Kearns, Catherine Bull and Charles Little II
FX on Hulu
Broadcast Cinematography
Omnivore
Director of Photography Tom Elliott, Sy Turnbull and Jurgen Lisse
Apple TV+