Video Cannes 2025: The Palme Dog trophy was given to Panda, a dog from the Icelandic shepherd breed

According to Messi, the dog from the Border Collie breed in the movie “Anatomie d'he une Chute” in 2023 and after Kodi, the Grifon Metis in the movie “Le Process du Chien” in 2024, had a panda, an Icelandic shepherd from the feature film “The Love That Remark”, to win on Friday night the Palme Dog trophy, a prize that rewards the best “interpretation” The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Panda is the Icelandic director's company dog ​​Hlynur Palasonon and appears in his movie “The Love That Remind”, a torn drama about a couple who goes through a breakup and its consequences on their family, reports AFP and Agerpres.

“The film that won (…) is so beautiful and authentic in terms of family ambience,” said the representatives of the press Wendy Mitchell, a member of the jury that attributes Palm Dog, a trophy whose name represents words that refers to the famous trophy Palme d'Or, which rewards the best film from Cannes.

In front of a crowd of influencers, animal lovers and journalists gathered on a beach in Cannes, she praised the “wonderful naturalistic interpretation of this dog”, called Panda.

The winner's announcement was welcomed with cheers and barks, while Hlynur Palmason sent the organizers a video with Panda, which seemed perplex while sitting on the front seat of the Icelandic director.

Among the famous winners of this unusual prize, launched in 2001, are Brandy, the Pitbull breed that played with Brad Pitt in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and was awarded in 2019 by the director of that movie, Quentin Tarantino.

In addition to the Palm Dog trophy, new prizes celebrating animals in the broader sense of the term and appearing in cultural productions have been awarded for the first time, this week, in Cannes.

The Pawards awards, which pay tribute to the animals that appear on the screen, but also in books and advertisements, have been awarded to the animated film 'Flow' of the director Latvo Gints ZilBalis, who has already won the Oscar and the Golden Globe in the category “best animated feature”.

This movie without dialogues, about a cat that starts with reluctance on a trip along with other animals saved from a flood, was made with the help of free computer programs and with a modest budget of 3.5 million euros.