| Palm Dog Award | |
| Awarded For: | Best Canine Performance during the Cannes Film Festival. |
| Presenter: | International film critics at Cannes. |
| Country: | France |
| Location: | Cannes |
| Year: | 2001 |
| 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.[3]
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
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis | The Anniversary Party | [12] | |
| Leo as Delgado | Large | ||
| Tähti as Hannibal | The Man Without a Past | [13] | |
| Jack Russell as Sonny | Mystics | ||
| Moses | Dogville | [14] | |
| Bruno | The Triplets of Belleville | ||
| All Dogs | Mondovino | [15] | |
| Acrobatic Dog | Life Is a Miracle | ||
| Bruno | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | [16] | |
| The faithful little West Highland Terrier | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | ||
| Mops | Marie Antoinette | [17] | |
| Schumann the Riesenschnauzer | Pingpong | ||
| All the stray dogs | Mid Road Gang | [18] | |
| Yuki | Persepolis | ||
| Lucy (unanimous) | Wendy and Lucy | [19] | |
| Special Jury Prize: Molly | O' Horten | ||
| Dug | Up | [20] | |
| Black Poodle | Inglourious Basterds | ||
| The Fox (rules were bent) | Antichrist |
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boss | Tamara Drewe | [21] | |
| Special Jury Prize: Vuk | Le Quattro Volte | ||
| Uggie[22] | The Artist | [23] | |
| Special Jury Prize: Laika | Le Havre | ||
| Banjo and Poppy | Sightseers | [24] | |
| Special Jury Prize: Billy Bob | Le Grand Soir | ||
| Baby Boy | Behind the Candelabra | [25] | |
| The entire canine cast | White God | [26] | |
| Lucky the Multipoo | Arabian Nights | [27] [28] [29] | |
| Grand Jury Prize: Bob | The Lobster | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award: I Am a Soldier | |||
| Nellie (posthumously) | Paterson | [30] | |
| Jacques | In Bed with Victoria | ||
| Palm DogManitarian Award: Ken Loach | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| Year | Recipient | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| No festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic[37] | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
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).