The official trailer has been released for You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (In a Canadian Kind of Way), a documentary directed by Nick Davis.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution (2025)
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‘You Had to Be There’ and ‘Sentimental Value’ to Headline Inaugural New York Comedy Film Festival

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis (courtesy TIFF) New York City is about to get a whole lot funnier. This spring, the New York Comedy Film Festival makes its debut, launching a brand-new event designed to bring together filmmakers, comedians, and passionate audiences.
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‘You Had to Be There’ and ‘Forward’ to Open 25th Whistler Film Festival

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis (courtesy TIFF) You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis and “Forward” by Nic Collar, will open the 25th anniversary edition of Whistler Film Festival running December 3–7, 2025.
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Hamnet, The Road Between Us, Sentimental Value Win People’s Choice Awards at 50th Toronto Film Festival

Hamnet (Agata Grzybowska/Focus Feature) Hamnet directed by Chloé Zhao is the winner of the People’s Choice Award, the top award, at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Gala and Special Presentations with Films by Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Gus Van Sant

Michaela Coel as “Lori Butler” and Ian McKellen as “Julian Sklar” in The Christophers directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Claudette Barius.) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of Official Selections in its Gala and Special Presentations program including films from Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.
