| Palm Dog Award | |
|---|---|
Palm Dog Award logo | |
| Awarded for | Best Canine Performance during theCannes Film Festival. |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | International film critics at Cannes. |
| First award | 2001 |
| Website | http://www.palmdog.com/ |
ThePalm Dog Award is a yearly award presented by the international film critics during theCannes Film Festival. Begun in 2001 by Toby Rose,[1] it is awarded to the best performance by a canine (live or animated) or group of canines. The award consists of a leather dog collar with the term "PALM DOG".[2] The name of the award is aplay on words of thePalme d'Or, the festival's highest honor. In 2023, Woopets, a leading media company, announced that it had taken over the event from its founder, Toby Rose.[3]
First reported in June 2002,[4] the Palm Dog has been reported by major news outlets around the world, includingFinancial Times Deutschland,[5]Sydney Morning Herald,[6]The New York Times,[7] theBBC,[8][9] theLos Angeles Times,[10] andABC News.[1] In 2012 the judges for the Palm Dog wereThe Times chief film critic Kate Muir,The Daily Telegraph'sRobbie Collin,The Guardian'sPeter Bradshaw andHeat Magazine's Charles Gant.[11]
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Otis | The Anniversary Party | [12] |
| Leo asDelgado | Large | ||
| 2002 | Tähti asHannibal | The Man Without a Past | [13] |
| Jack Russell asSonny | Mystics | ||
| 2003 | Moses | Dogville | [14] |
| Bruno | The Triplets of Belleville | ||
| 2004 | All Dogs | Mondovino | [15] |
| Acrobatic Dog | Life Is a Miracle | ||
| 2005 | Bruno | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | [16] |
| The faithful littleWest Highland Terrier | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | ||
| 2006 | Mops | Marie Antoinette | [17] |
| Schumann theRiesenschnauzer | Pingpong | ||
| 2007 | All the stray dogs | Mid Road Gang | [18] |
| Yuki | Persepolis | ||
| 2008 | Lucy (unanimous) | Wendy and Lucy | [19] |
| Special Jury Prize:Molly | O' Horten | ||
| 2009 | Dug | Up | [20] |
| Black Poodle | Inglourious Basterds | ||
| The Fox (rules were bent) | Antichrist |
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Boss | Tamara Drewe | [21][16] |
| Special Jury Prize:Vuk | Le Quattro Volte | ||
| 2011 | Uggie[22] | The Artist | [23][16] |
| Special Jury Prize:Laika | Le Havre | ||
| 2012 | Banjo andPoppy | Sightseers | [24] |
| Special Jury Prize:Billy Bob | Le Grand Soir | ||
| 2013 | Baby Boy | Behind the Candelabra | [25] |
| 2014 | The entire canine cast | White God | [26] |
| 2015 | Lucky the Multipoo | Arabian Nights | [27][28][29] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Bob | The Lobster | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:I Am a Soldier | |||
| 2016 | Nellie (posthumously) | Paterson | [30] |
| Jacques | In Bed with Victoria | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Ken Loach | |||
| 2017 | Einstein | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | [31][32] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Lupo | Ava | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Leslie Caron and her 17-year-old pet rescue dogTchi Tchi | |||
| 2018 | Canine cast | Dogman | [33][34] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Diamantino | Diamantino | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Vanessa Davies and her pugPatrick | Patrick | ||
| Special Jury Prize: Security dogsLilou,Glock, andEven | |||
| 2019 | Sayuri asBrandy | Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood | [35][36] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Canine Performers | Little Joe | ||
| Grand Jury Prize:Canine Performers | Aasha and the Street Dogs | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Google for supporting dogs in the workplace | |||
| Underdog Award:The Unadoptable |
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | No festival due to theCOVID-19 pandemic[37] | ||
| 2021 | Rose,Dora, andSnowbear | The Souvenir Part II | [38] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Sophie | Red Rocket | ||
| Grand Jury Prize:Panda | Lamb | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Mastercard for emphasizing the role of dogs in their marketing during the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 | Britney asBeast | War Pony | [39][40] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Marcel | Marcel! | ||
| Grand Jury Prize:Canine cast | Godland | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Patron (Ukrainian Jack Russell terrier mine sniffer) | |||
| Palm Hound Dog:Titane | |||
| 2023 | Messi as Snoop | Anatomy of a Fall | [41] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Alma | Fallen Leaves | ||
| Mutt Moment | La Chimera | ||
| Highly Commended Canine:Susie | Vincent Must Die | ||
| Lifetime Achievement Award:Ken Loach | |||
| Palm DogManitarian Award:Isabella Rossellini | |||
| 2024 | Kodi as Cosmos | Dog on Trial | [42] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Xin | Black Dog | ||
| Mutt Moment | Megalopolis,Bird,Kinds of Kindness | ||
| 2025 | Panda | The Love That Remains | [43] |
| Grand Jury Prize:Pipa andLupita | Sirāt | ||
| Mutt Moment | Pillion | ||
Three fictional canines from animated movies have each won the coveted Palm Dog: Bruno fromSylvain Chomet'sAcademy Award-nominatedThe Triplets of Belleville (2003), Yuki fromMarjane Satrapi'sAcademy Award-nominated film adaptation ofPersepolis (2007) and Dug fromPixar'sAcademy Award-winning featureUp (2009).
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