'Come See Me in the Good Light' Wins Sundance Festival Favorite as 2026 Dates Announced

The acclaimed documentary about love and mortality was voted Festival Favorite at Sundance 2025, which also revealed plans for its final Park City-based festival next year.

• Ryan White's documentary 'Come See Me in the Good Light' won the Festival Favorite award at Sundance 2025, as voted by audiences across 88 feature films.
• The film follows poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley as they navigate Gibson's ovarian cancer diagnosis, blending humor and poignancy in their journey.
• The top five runners-up for the Festival Favorite award included the music drama 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' and documentaries like 'Deaf President Now!' and 'The Alabama Solution.'
• Sundance organizers announced that the 2026 festival will take place from January 22 to February 1 and will be the last primarily held in Park City, Utah.
• A decision on the new host city starting in 2027—narrowed down to Salt Lake City, Boulder, and Cincinnati—is expected in the coming months.

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