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 award	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
2025	Panda	The Love That Remains	[43]
	Grand Jury Prize: Pipa and Lupita	Sirāt
	Mutt Moment	Pillion

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).