CANNES, France (AP) — It is known as the Palm Canine contest, however Friday’s winner of the annual Cannes Movie Pageant custom was a Panda.
Panda, although, is an Icelandic sheepdog who stars in “The Love That Remains,” from Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason. At all times positioned on the tail finish of the pageant, the beachside Palm Canine ceremony comes a day earlier than the winner of the pageant’s Palme d’Or is introduced.
Pálmason’s tragicomic movie, which premiered at Cannes not in competitors, follows 5 characters — Panda included — over the course of a 12 months after the breakdown of a wedding. Panda is ever-present and really a lot a part of the on-screen household and on the coronary heart of the film. Panda, who retains her identify within the movie, is Pálmason’s canine and stars alongside his real-life kids within the film, which can clarify the award-winning efficiency.
Whereas Panda sadly couldn’t be there to gather the award, a look-alike native pooch was readily available to gather the coveted canine collar together with one of many movie’s human producers. Panda did make a digital look with an acceptance video, on a automobile journey by way of Iceland. She succeeds final 12 months’s winner, Kodi, from “Dog on Trial.”
This 12 months’s awards marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the much-loved occasion. Palm Canine founder Toby Rose defined that it has had extra impression that he might think about, turning into a fixture at Cannes.
“We honor the four-legged here just so they get a bit of their moment before the big dresses and the tuxedos take over,” Rose mentioned.
Different prizes included the “Mutt Moment” Award, for stealing the scene. This went to a long-haired dachshund and a rottweiler, for his or her roles in raunchy BDSM biker drama “Pillion,” starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling. The scene in query entails the movie’s two lovers bringing their respective canine to a nighttime tryst.
In a thank-you assertion, director Harry Lighton described Hippo the dachshund’s “raw sex appeal” and mentioned she’s the true domme in “Pillion.”
Lastly the grand jury prize was awarded to mystical Spanish odyssey “Sirât,” for Jack Russell terrier Pipa and Lupita, a Podenco cross. The story follows a father trying to find his daughter throughout the desert, accompanied by his son — and Pipa and Lupita.
Lead actor Jade Oukid was there in individual to gather the award alongside director Oliver Laxe. She instructed the gathered viewers that Lupita was her personal canine, who had sadly died quickly after filming. After the present, Rose added that Lupita can be immortalized with this prize: “We were so happy that we could celebrate a short life.”
The Palm Canine has seen many a well-known visitor come down to choose up their awards in individual. Quentin Tarantino got here in individual to gather the award in 2019 when Brandy the pit bull in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” gained. And, in 2021, Tilda Swinton attended the ceremony to choose up the prize when her personal three canine, Rose, Dora and Snowbear, gained the award for his or her roles in Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir II.”
Some canine have develop into mini-celebrities in their very own proper, together with Messi from “Anatomy of a Fall.”
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