Canines at Cannes

About this episode

Toby Rose discusses the significance of canine performances at the Cannes Film Festival and the Palm Dog Award.

We’re joined by Cinema journalist, Toby Rose, proud founder of the Palm’ Dog who is highlighting the wins for dogs in films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In a historic moment, the ceremony's two big prizes went to films directed by women - and also to female dog characters. The Palm Dog Award is held annually at a beachfront location on the last Friday of the Cannes Film Festival. It celebrates canine performances in all films screened at Cannes and is the world’s longest running ceremony of its kind. Founded in 2001 by film journalist Toby Rose with a mission to give equal celebration to Canines at Cannes as their human co-stars. The sister ceremony, the FIDOS (For Incredible Dogs on Screen) is held annually in London, since 2007 for canine performances across all UK film releases in any given year. Former winners include Kodi from Dog on Trial, Messi from Anatomy of a Fall, Brandy from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Smurf from Sightseers and Uggie from The Artist. For more information go to the website or follow on Instragram For more about Antinol and Naturaw, including A Dog's Life discounts you can use, go to the 'Anna Recommends' page at annawebb.co.uk Music and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna Webb, Mike Hanson

Guest: Toby Rose

Topics covered

• Cannes Film Festival
• dog performances
• film awards
• female directors
• canine recognition

Keywords

• Cannes
• Palm Dog
• dog awards
• female directors
• canine performances
• film festival
• Toby Rose

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palm' Dog, FIDOS

Books & works: Dog on Trial, Anatomy of a Fall, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sightseers, The Artist

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