Ryan White’s Come See Me in the Good Light was awarded the top prize of Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 19th annual Cinema Eye Honors in New York City.
The documentary, an intimate look at the relationship between poet and activist Andrea Gibson and their wife Megan Falley after Gibson is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, also won Unforgettable Honors for Gibson and Falley, and Original Music Score.
The Perfect Neighbor won two awards for Outstanding Direction for Geeta Gandbhir and Outstanding Editing for Viridiana Lieberman. Using police bodycam footage, the documentary chronicles reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in a film about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
Seeds also won two honors for Cinematography and Debut for director Brittany Shyne. The documentary takes a look at the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.
Other honors went to To the West, in Zapata directed By David Bim for Spotlight Award, The Tale of Silyan directed By Tamara Kotevska won Audience Choice Prize, and the Heterodox Award went to The Voice of Hind Rajab directed By Kaouther Ben Hania.
Winners of the 19th annual Cinema Eye Honors
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
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
Spotlight Award
To the West, in Zapata
Directed By David Bim
Audience Choice Prize
The Tale of Silyan
Directed By Tamara Kotevska
Heterodox Award
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Directed By Kaouther Ben Hania
Nonfiction Short
All the Empty Rooms
Directed by Joshua Seftel
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+
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