Fidos Award

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Fidos Award
Awarded forExcellence dog performance in films
DateOctober 28, 2007;17 years ago (2007-10-28)
Location London
Country England
Website https://www.thefidoawards.com/

The FIDOS, or For Incredible Dogs On Screen Award, is a film awards ceremony in the UK founded by Toby Rose. It honors dogs' performances and acknowledges their skills in movies (live or animated). The Palm Dog Award , a related event created by Rose in 2001, takes place at the Cannes Film Festival in France and is considered the sister award to the FIDOS. These awards were created in honor of Rose's late Fox Terrier, Mutt. [1] [2]

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History

Toby Rose, a cinema journalist, established the Fidos Award in 2007. The inaugural ceremony was held at the BFI on the South Bank in London during The Times London Film Festival on October 28, 2007. [3] The Guardian dubbed the event as "The Canine Oscars". In 2009, the judges for the FIDOS were Evening Standard 's Derek Malcolm, Empire 's Angie Errigo, The Independent's Kaleem Aftab, Heat Magazine's Charles Grant, and The Times film critic James Christopher. [4] The event has since been moved to March.

Fido Awards collars

Like the Palm Dog Award , the Fidos Award also consists of a leather dog collar. However, unlike the Palm Dog Award , the collars shows the name of each category instead of the term "PALM DOG". In 2021, the documentaries, Stray and The Truffle Hunters were the joint winners for the Dog Dox and the Best in World categories.

Motion Picture categories

Ceremonies

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold.

2007 Awards [5]
Historical Hound [6]
Comedy Canine
Cupcake Cinema for dogs in a short film
  • Dog Flap
    • Dog Altogether
Festival Fido for film at LFF
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2008 Awards [7]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2009 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Dogs Trust Star Of Tomorrow
  • Paddy (a six-year-old crossbreed rescue dog from Dogs Trust Darlington)
Best in World
2010 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2011 Awards [8]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Special Jury Prize
  • Rupture - Hugh Hudson
Best in World
2012 Awards [9]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2013 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2014 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2015\16 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2017 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2018 Awards [10]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Fi-Dogumentary
Block Buster Bowser
Palm Dog USA
Best in World
2019 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Fi-Dogmanitarian
  • The Wild at Heart Foundation
Block Buster Bowser
Palm Dog USA
Best in World
2020 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
FIDOgManitarian
  • Medical Detection Dogs
Best in World
2021 Awards [11]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Dog Dox
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
Palm Dog USA
FiDogManitarian
Best in World
2022 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
FiDogManitarian
  • Gavin Guest and Eli the West Siberian Laika
Futuristic Fido
Best in World
2023 Awards
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
FiDogManitarian
  • Kean Cao, founder of the upcoming International Animal Future Film Festival
Block Buster Bowser
Best in World
2024 Awards [12] [13]
Historical Hound
Comedy Canine
Mutt Moment
Rom Com Rover
Block Buster Bowser
FiDogManitarian
  • Bruce Oldfield for Camilla's Coronation Dress emblazoned with her rescue bowsers Bluebell and Beth - both Jack Russells
Best in World

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