Palm Dog Award

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Palm Dog Award
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Awarded forBest Canine Performance during the Cannes Film Festival.
Location Cannes
Country France
Presented byInternational film critics at Cannes.
First awarded2001
Website http://www.palmdog.com/

The Palm Dog Award is a yearly award presented by the international film critics during the Cannes 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 a play on words of the Palme 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 .

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Background

First reported in June 2002, [3] the Palm Dog has been reported by major news outlets around the world, including Financial Times Deutschland , [4] Sydney Morning Herald , [5] The New York Times , [6] the BBC, [7] [8] the Los Angeles Times , [9] and ABC News. [1] In 2012 the judges for the Palm Dog were The Times chief film critic Kate Muir, The Daily Telegraph 's Robbie Collin, The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw and Heat Magazine 's Charles Gant. [10]

Award winners

2000s

YearRecipientFilmRef.
2001 Otis The Anniversary Party [11]
Leo as Delgado Large
2002 Tähti as Hannibal The Man Without a Past [12]
Jack Russell as Sonny Mystics
2003 Moses Dogville [13]
Bruno The Triplets of Belleville
2004 All Dogs Mondovino [14]
Acrobatic Dog Life Is a Miracle
2005 Bruno The Cave of the Yellow Dog [15]
The faithful little West Highland Terrier The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2006 Mops Marie Antoinette [16]
Schumann the Riesenschnauzer Pingpong
2007 All the stray dogs Mid Road Gang [17]
Yuki Persepolis
2008 Lucy (unanimous) Wendy and Lucy [18]
Special Jury Prize: Molly O' Horten
2009 Dug Up [19]
Black Poodle Inglourious Basterds
The Fox (rules were bent) Antichrist

2010s

YearRecipientFilmRef.
2010 Boss Tamara Drewe [20] [15]
Special Jury Prize: Vuk Le Quattro Volte
2011 Uggie [21] The Artist [22] [15]
Special Jury Prize: Laika Le Havre
2012 Banjo and Poppy Sightseers [23]
Special Jury Prize: Billy Bob Le Grand Soir
2013 Baby Boy Behind the Candelabra [24]
2014 The entire canine cast White God [25]
2015 Lucky the Multipoo Arabian Nights [26] [27] [28]
Grand Jury Prize: Bob The Lobster
Palm DogManitarian Award: I Am a Soldier
2016 Nellie (posthumously) Paterson [29]
Jacques In Bed with Victoria
Palm DogManitarian Award: Ken Loach
2017 Einstein The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) [30] [31]
Grand Jury Prize: Lupo Ava
Palm DogManitarian Award: Leslie Caron and her 17-year-old pet rescue dog Tchi Tchi
2018 Canine cast Dogman [32] [33]
Grand Jury Prize: Diamantino Diamantino
Palm DogManitarian Award: Vanessa Davies and her pug Patrick Patrick
Special Jury Prize: Security dogs Lilou, Glock, and Even
2019 Sayuri as Brandy Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood [34] [35]
Grand Jury Prize: Canine Performers Little Joe
Grand Jury Prize: Canine PerformersAasha and the Street Dogs
Palm DogManitarian Award: Google for supporting dogs in the workplace
Underdog Award: The Unadoptable

2020s

YearRecipientFilmRef.
2020 No festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic [36]
2021 Rose, Dora, and Snowbear The Souvenir Part II [37]
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 as Beast War Pony [38] [39]
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 [40]
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 [41]
Grand Jury Prize: Xin Black Dog
Mutt Moment Megalopolis , Bird , Kinds of Kindness

Footnotes

Three fictional canines from animated movies have each won the coveted Palm Dog: Bruno from Sylvain Chomet's Academy Award-nominated The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Yuki from Marjane Satrapi's Academy Award-nominated film adaptation of Persepolis (2007) and Dug from Pixar's Academy Award-winning feature Up (2009).

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