Palm Dog. The Tradition Continues. "Woof Woof"
Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 6:36AM We're working on collecting fashions and awardage for two final big Cannes posts before tomorrow's closing ceremony awards but this one deserved it own special bone post as appetizer. The most famous recipient of the Palm Dog prize at Cannes is still Uggie from The Artist (2011) but the tradition continues each year and the lucky dogs were honored at the UK Film Centre this year, which is apparently the 15th year of the award.
Palm Dog "Dixie" from Arabian Nights (Portugal). The Canine actor's name is "Lucky" who is a Maltese terrier and poodle mix. Apparently she steals the show in the second half of the six hour (gulp) movie. You can read more about this picture in our We Can't Wait 2015 preview
Grand Jury Prize: "Bob the Dog" from The Lobster (Greece). Bob is played by father and son canine team "Jaro" and "Ryac". It's fitting that two dogs played this role since apparently Bob is a reincarnation of a man's brother in the film!? That film sounds wackier and wackier the more we hear of it though I actually don't want to hear any more before seeing what is surely one of 2015's oddest film experience. This movie from the director of the Oscar-nominated Dogtooth was also featured in our We Can't Wait preview.
Je Suis En Soldat
Palm DogManitarian Award: This special prize went to France's Je Suis En Soldat, which stars Louise Bourgoin and Jean Hugues-Anglade, and is is about dog trafficking in Eastern Europe. The award was given to the film as a way
...to celebrate the fostering of relations between the human race and men, women, and children's best friend."
THR was mixed on this Un Certain Regard entry
Other dogs people were rooting for this year that came up empty-handed were the sheepdog from Iceland's Rams, the labrador from China's Mountains May Depart and the rottweiler from Green Room. Congratulations to all the doggies and their trainers.
Reader Comments (2)
I love the fact that Cannes gives prizes to animals.
Since 2013, French movie site accreds.fr awards the Palme Cat :)
2013 - Ulysses from "Inside Llewyn Davis"
2014 - Tale of Princess Kaguya
2015 - Inside Out
http://www.accreds.fr/2013/05/30/cannes-2013-accreds-decerne-le-premiere-palme-cat.html
http://www.accreds.fr/2015/05/23/la-palme-cat-2015-est-decernee-a-vice-versa.html