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It’s an interesting and potentially important time for English language Canadian filmmakers, with several Canadian films managing to reach cult hit status, such as It’s All Gone Pete Tong and The Life And Hard Time of Guy Terrifico. With only five percent of movies seen by Canadians made by Canadians (according to the program guide) and the writer of It’s All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse expressing a wish for Canadian content quotas for cinemas as well as TV and radio, the 3rd annual Canadian Filmmaker’s Fest, held with the support of he Toronto Film Festival Group's Film Circuit, is timely.

A DJ lives out a hedonist's dream in Ibiza. Then he goes deaf. It's All Gone Pete Tong is a piece of pseudo-mockumentary magic from Michael Dowse, of Fubar fame. It's also flashback to those heady days of debauchery on Ibiza, those days when people actually listened to Pete Tong. The film itself is a portrayal of partying's effects on the body. Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye), is wasted, deaf, and craggier than Keith Richards, and he's not yet 40. According to Filmcan, Mr. Dowse is fond of calling the film a comeda, saying the fake bio aspects of the film are what give it its comic flair. You decide.

may avenge the Oscar loss of its namesake character lo those many years ago.