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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Palm Dog: ‘The Love That Remains', ‘Sirât', ‘Pillion' And ‘Amores Perros' Honored
Before the Palme d'Or gets dished out and after power cuts took down the town's electricity for a day, Cannes was abuzz with the burning question: qui a gagné le Palm Dog? The answer came yesterday afternoon at a star-studded-collar event on the beach at The Members Club. In a woof-and-ready ceremony, jury member Peter Bradshaw noted that 25 films had come under consideration for this year's honors, pointing out that some were made by directors who hadn't even been born when the event first took place at the UK Pavilion back in 2000. • The top prize — The Palm Dog itself — went to sheepdog Panda, for her part in a film directed by her owner: The Love That Remains, Hlynur Pálmason's tragicomic, gentle family saga. More from Deadline Ethan Coen's 'Honey Don't!' Gets 6.5-Minute Ovation In Cannes Cannes Awards Predictions: Deadline's Critics Make Their Picks For This Year's Palme D'Or & Other Main Prizes Chilean Drama 'The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo' Wins Top Un Certain Regard Prize - Cannes • Mutt Moment — for the year's best scene-stealer — went to the British Un Certain Regard film Pillion for its long-haired Dachshund Hippo and Rottweiler Rosie. • The Grand Jury prize went to the two dogs in Oliver Laxe's apocalyptic road movie Sirât. • The inaugural Four-Legged Fellowship went to Alejandro González Iñárritu's Amores Perros, screening in Cannes Classics. Pillion director Harry Lighton was unable to attend, but sent a message saying, 'I'd like to thank the jury for recognizing the nuance, complexity and raw sex appeal in Hippo's 'performance. I hesitate to use that word. Hippo doesn't perform, she inhabits, and while Harry and Alexander do solid work, it's Hippo who carries the film on her little legs… This award is for every small dog out there with big dreams.' Sad news came from Sirât star Jade Oukid, who revealed that Pipa, the dog in the film, was actually her own, and had passed away after the shoot. However, director Laxe kindly added that, thanks to the power of cinema, Oukid's dog had become 'eternal'. And in a move so new that disorganizer Toby Rose forgot to mention it on the Palm Dog press release, this year also saw the inauguration of a brand new award, The Four-Legged Fellowship. This went to the team behind Alejandro González Iñárritu's Amores Perros (2000), which, like the Palm Dog, celebrated a quarter of a century at the festival this year and is about to get a shiny new re-release courtesy of Mubi. Iñárritu was a bit too tied up, shooting Tom Cruise in London, to attend, but producer Martha Sosa sent a message saying, 'We are truly honoured to receive this recognition from the Palm Dog Awards, for the beloved canine stars of Amores Perros, who are sadly no longer with us. This year marks a significant double celebration: the 25th anniversary of your awards and 25 years since the premiere of Amores Perros at Cannes. A heartfelt thank you to the entire Palm Dog Awards team from all of us.' Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far Everything We Know About 'The Testaments,' Sequel Series To 'The Handmaid's Tale' So Far
Reuters
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Icelandic sheepdog named Panda claims Palm Dog's top prize at Cannes
CANNES, France, May 23 (Reuters) - Forget the Cannes Film Festival's strict dress code: Guests at the popular Palm Dog awards on Friday used their time in the spotlight to roll around on stage and bark at the competition. Dozens of people gathered at the Plage du Festival tent along the crowded Croisette boulevard to celebrate the film world's canine celebrities at the ceremony now in its 25th year. Human guests sipped on glasses of wine and excitedly crowded around the four-legged attendees of various breeds, who seemed all too happy for the attention, if not a bit confused. This year's award winner was Panda, an Icelandic sheepdog who stars in the Icelandic family drama "The Love That Remains, opens new tab" by director Hlynur Palmason that's playing out of competition. Panda, who is Palmason's dog in real life, was not able to attend the event but recorded a video to accept the prize: a red banana with the words Palm Dog 2025 emblazoned in gold thread. Past winners include Messi, the Border collie from Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall," who converted his star power into a French TV show, as well as Brandy, a pit bull belonging to Brad Pitt's character in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Panda "doesn't really know yet, but I guess she will feel good when she has gotten this around her neck," said the Icelandic film's producer Anton Mani Svansson about the bandana. "But she's a real earthbound star," he added. Panda was chosen because of how central she is to the family's life in the film, joining them on hikes, in the car or at the mother's art studio, said jury member Wendy Mitchell. "There are so many great competitors this year, but this dog is at the heart of the film," Mitchell told Reuters. Palm Dog's Grand Jury Prize went to Pipa, a Jack Russell, and Lupita, a Podenco mix, who accompany a father and son on a journey into the Moroccan desert in "Sirat," by French-Spanish director Oliver Laxe, who picked up the prize in person. Hippo, a dachshund, as well as a rottweiler received a special "Mutt Moment" prize for their scene in the Alexander Skarsgard-led kinky romance "Pillion" where they accompany their owner on a nighttime tryst. "Hippo carries the film on her little legs," said director Harry Lighton in accepting the award. "She's the true dom of 'Pillion,'" he added, using the shorthand term for "dominatrix." Palm Dog founder Toby Rose said that he often is asked why dogs should receive prizes for being on the big screen. "It's pretty much self-evident for me - why would Jack Nicholson get a prize 'As Good as It Gets'?" Rose said. "It's because when the camera's on them and they do whatever their role is, they stand out," he told Reuters.
