Palm Dog Award

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.^[3]

Palm Dog Award
Palm Dog Award logo
Awarded for	Best Canine Performance during the Cannes Film Festival.
Location	Cannes
Country	France
Presented by	International film critics at Cannes.
First awarded	2001
Website	http://www.palmdog.com/

Background

First reported in June 2002,^[4] the Palm Dog has been reported by major news outlets around the world, including Financial Times Deutschland,^[5] Sydney Morning Herald,^[6] The New York Times,^[7] the BBC,^[8][9] the Los Angeles Times,^[10] 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.^[11]

Award winners

2000s

Year	Recipient	Film	Ref.
2001	Otis	The Anniversary Party	[12]
	Leo as Delgado	Large
2002	Tähti as Hannibal	The Man Without a Past	[13]
	Jack Russell as Sonny	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 little West Highland Terrier	The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2006	Mops	Marie Antoinette	[17]
	Schumann the Riesenschnauzer	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

2010s

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 and Poppy	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 dog Tchi Tchi
2018	Canine cast	Dogman	[33][34]
	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	[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

2020s

Year	Recipient	Film	Ref.
2020	No festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic[37]
2021	Rose, Dora, and Snowbear	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 as Beast	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

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).

References

1. Ammu Kannampilly (October 22, 2007). "Awards Show Goes to the Dogs". Retrieved May 27, 2009.
2. "Official Page". Archived from the original on 2005-12-11. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
3. Voisart, Joséphine (2023-06-28). "Woopets rachète l'emblématique Palm Dog pour honorer les talents du « meilleur ami de l'Homme » : une nouvelle aventure commence !". Woopets (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
4. "Aki Kaurismäki - "I would like to reincarnate me in any personage of Disney"". The Cultural One. June 5, 2002. Retrieved May 28, 2009. Translated from Spanish to English here Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine via Yahoo Babelfish
5. "Die Filme der Anderen". Dieter Osswald. May 28, 2008.
6. "Review of The Man Without a Past". The Sydney Morning Herald. June 23, 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
7. Itzkoff, Compiled by Dave (May 22, 2009). "The Palm Dog Prize Goes to Animated Pet". The New York Times. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
8. "Palm Dog prize for mystery canine". May 20, 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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10. Kenneth Turan (May 22, 2005). "Belgian filmmakers take top prize at Cannes". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
11. Collin, Robbie (May 25, 2012). "Cannes 2012: The Palm Dog: a prize for four-legged friends". The Daily Telegraph. London.
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14. "Past Winner 2003". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
15. "Past Winner 2004". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
16. "Palm Dog Nominees". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 – via www.youtube.com.
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18. "Past Winner 2007". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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20. "Pixar pooch picks Up Cannes prize". May 22, 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
21. "'Tamara Drewe' pup Boss wins 'Palm Dog'". Digital Spy. 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
22. "RIP Uggie". February 18, 2012.
23. Nissim, Mayer (2011-05-21). "'The Artist' Uggy wins 2011 'Palm Dog'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
24. "Palm dog: vincono i terrier Banjo e Poppy". la Repubblica. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
25. "Cannes Palm Dog Award Goes to Liberace's Blind Poodle". Variety. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
26. "Nouvelle Wag: "White God" wins Cannes' Palm Dog". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
27. Kate Muir [@muirkate] (22 May 2015). "The Palm Dog #Cannes2015 goes to Lucky the Maltypoo (Maltese terrier and poodle) who plays Dixie in Miguel Gomes' Arablan Nights @Quinzaine" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 May 2015 – via Twitter.
28. Kate Muir [@muirkate] (22 May 2015). "The runner up at #PalmDog15 goes to Bob from The Lobster #Cannes2015" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 May 2015 – via Twitter.
29. "A Bumper Bowser Year In Cannes Crowned With Live Skype!". Palm Dog. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
30. "Cannes: Nellie Takes Palme Dog Honor for 'Paterson'". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
31. Nath, Rhea (26 May 2017). "Bruno from 'The Meyerowitz Stories' has won the Cannes Palm Dog award for 2017". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
32. Muir, Kate [@muirkate] (26 May 2017). "Here is Einstein, winner of the Palm Dog for his performance as Bruno in The Meyerowitz Stories #Cannes2017" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
33. "Four-legged cast of 'Dogman' win the Palm Dog at Cannes". AFP.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
34. "Eye For Film: Palm Dog for Dogman". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
35. "Quentin Tarantino wins Palm Dog Award". Deadline. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
36. Utichi, Joe (May 24, 2019). "Quentin Tarantino Accepts Palm Dog Award For Best Cannes Canine Performance In 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'".
37. "The Cannes Film Festival was canceled. But now we know the films that would have screened". Los Angeles Times. June 4, 2020.
38. Utichi, Joe (July 16, 2021). "Tilda Swinton And Sean Baker Paw Prizes For Pooch Pals At Cannes Palm Dog Awards".
39. Ritman, Scott Roxborough, Alex (27 May 2022). "Cannes: 'War Pony' Poodle Brit Wins Palm Dog Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
40. Burrows, Mindy (27 May 2022). "'War Pony' poodle fetches Palm Dog prize at Cannes". Reuters. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
41. Roxborough, Scott (26 May 2023). "Cannes: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Border Collie Messi Wins Palm Dog in Most Competitive Canine Contest Yet". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
42. Dixon, Louise (24 May 2024). "Palm Dog: Kodi, star of 'Dog on Trial,' is the top dog of Cannes". Associated Press. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

External links

• Official website