The Palm Dog, Cannes’ beloved, unofficial awards present celebrating the perfect canine performances throughout the official choice and numerous sidebars, has topped its winner for 2026.
For a lot of attendees, the usual of movies on this 12 months’s Cannes hasn’t fairly matched earlier editions, and this was additionally mirrored within the variety of status four-legged roles seen on display.
However in Croisette conversations about potential runners, riders and rovers, one mutt stored wagging its tail. Yuri, the rescue canine on the coronary heart of “La Perra” (actually the Spanish slang time period for feminine canine), was atop many lists and on Friday she had her day, successful the highest Palm Canine award at a particular ceremony at Plage du Festivals.
From Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor and having premiered in Administrators’ Fortnight, “La Perra” follows Silvia, a lady whose quiet life on a distant island off the Chilean coast is shaken by the arrival of stray pet Yuri, who stirs in her a long-suppressed eager for motherhood.
However Yuri’s story extends far past the display. Earlier than changing into the movie’s protagonist, she lived in a shelter run by Mirada Animal Chile, a corporation devoted to rescuing and caring for deserted animals. Throughout pre-production, a collaborative adoption and coaching course of was carried out by the manufacturing firm PLANTA along with trainers Nicolás Carrillo and Marcela Carrasco, who cared for Yuri all through your complete course of till she discovered a brand new dwelling.
The position of Yuri as a pet was performed by Tormenta María, a younger rescue canine adopted by a member of the movie’s manufacturing crew.
In accordance with the producers, after filming wrapped Yuri a brand new household, the place she now lives fortunately and safely.
Additionally among the many prime honors on the Palm Canine Awards was Lola from Clio Barnard’s “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” who received the jury prize.
Pervious winners of the Palm Canine embrace a number of the most acclaimed canines from modern cinema, together with Messi, the border collie from “Anatomy of a Fall” (later seen on the Academy Awards) and Brandy from “Once Upon at Time in Hollywood.” That 12 months, Quentin Tarantino turned as much as the Palm Canine awards to gather the prize himself.
