''Lonesome Joe'' is a Canadian short

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film, directed by

Mark Sawers Mark Sawers is a Canadian film director and writer. Best known for his feature films ''Camera Shy'' and ''No Men Beyond This Point'', he is also a four-time Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama for his films '' Stroke'' at the 13t ...

and released in 2002.David Spaner, "Local films on Toronto lineup: Nine Vancouver features and shorts will screen at world-class movie festival". ''

The Province ''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they are British Columbia's only ...

'', July 24, 2002. The film stars Adrien Dorval as Joe, a lonely

tow truck A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged ...

driver whose desire for companionship may be fulfilled when he rescues a dog from being stolen by thieves. The film premiered at the

2002 Toronto International Film Festival The 27th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5 to September 17 and screened 343 films from 50 countries. Of these 263 were feature films, of which 141 were in a language other than English. The ten-day festival opened with Atom ...

. It was subsequently screened theatrically as the opener to screenings of

Isabel Coixet Isabel Coixet Castillo (; born 9 April 1960 ) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in additio ...

's 2003 film ''

My Life Without Me ''My Life Without Me'' is a 2003 Spanish-Canadian Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the 1997 short story collection ''Pretending ...

''. The film was a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

24th Genie Awards The 24th Genie Awards were held on May 1, 2004, to honour films released in 2003. The ceremony was hosted by Scott Thompson."He's gonna spank that Genie". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 1, 2004. The ceremony was broadcast on CHUM Limited's terrestri ...

in 2004.Katherine Monk, "Time for Genie to come out of the bottle with a bit more pizzazz".

CanWest News Service Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network, Postmedia News or Postmedia) is a Canadian media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news ...

, April 29, 2004.

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* 2002 films 2002 short films Canadian comedy-drama short films Films directed by Mark Sawers 2000s English-language films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-film-stub