Some festival staff had lost their homes, as had Michelle Satter, founding senior director of the Sundance Institute, which is kind of like a summer camp/incubator for new artists. She showed up in Park City to work with screenwriters a week after her family house burned down,

The LGBTQ documentary "Come See Me in the Good Light," produced by Tig Notaro, Brandi Carlile, and Sara Bareilles and directed by Ryan White, was also announced as the winner of the 2025 Festival Favorite Award.