“See You When I See You,” a new film adaptation of Denver standup comedian Adam Cayton-Holland’s deeply personal memoir “Tragedy Plus Time,” will have its world-premiere screening the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 22–Feb. 1, 2026, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.

An at-home program will be made available for online viewers from Jan. 29–Feb. 1, 2026.

“See You When I See You,” with a screenplay written by Cayton-Holland, shows how a comedy writer battles PTSD with the help of his family after the suicide of his sister.

The film stars Kaitlyn Dever (“The Last of Us”), David Duchovny (“Californication”), Hope Davis (“Succession”), Cooper Raiff (“Cha Cha Real Smooth”), Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Ariela Barer (Denver’s own “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”). It is both directed and produced by Jay Duplass. Filming took place in Atlanta.

Cayton-Holland won a 2019 Denver Gazette True West Award for adapting his prize-winning memoir into a stage play called “Happy Place.” Having it now adapted into a film represents a monumental trifecta.

“ I could not be more thrilled that the movie that I wrote based off my life is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival,” Cayton-Holland said in announcing the news Wednesday. “Jay Duplass absolutely crushed this movie. It’s funny and heartbreaking and beautiful and I can’t wait for people to see it.”

In any format, Cayton-Holland’s story creates a safe space for audiences to try navigating the wrenchingly choppy waters of suicide. Maybe even laugh. That it is now being made into a third iteration is proof of the enormous potential not only in Cayton-Holland’s story but how he tells it, to reach people who are seeking some sort of catharsis post-suicide.

Cayton-Holland considered his sister, Lydia, to be his best friend and earliest comedy collaborator. When he wrote his darkly funny book about her suicide, it was hailed as “an unforgettable work of genius” by Booklist. It won the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction. That same year, he began developing the story into a play and he has been honing it ever since.

Cayton-Holland, a graduate of Denver East High School, has been a leading standup on the Denver scene for 20 years and is the co-founder of the community-building High Plains Comedy Festival. He’s known nationally as a writer and star on the truTV sitcom “Those Who Can’t.”

John Moore is the Denver Gazette’s Senior Arts Journalist. Email him at john.moore@denvergazette.com