(24 May 2024)
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Cannes – 24 May 2024
1. Medium Kodi
2. Various, other dogs
3. Dog bowls
4. Tilt up Eddie Peng and with dog Xin
5. Cutaway Palm Dog logo
6. Toby Rose welcomes guests to the Palm Dog ceremony
7. "Black Dog" dog Xin announced as winner of the Grand Jury prize
8. Medium Eddie Peng leads Xin to stage
9. Close up Xin given collar prize
10. "Dog on Trial" dog Kodi announced as winner of the Palm Dog
11. Various Kodi and director Leatitia Dosch go to stage
12. Various Kodi in Palm Dog collar
13. Various of Kodi and Xin
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Rose, founder of Palm Dog:
"This year’s absolutely amazing. And I think one of the reasons was that two of the dogs from the film were here in Cannes. As we know, there was the wonderful Xin who was in the film ‘Black Dog,’ and then we had Kodi from the winning film for The Palm Dog ‘Dog on Trial,’ to have them both. It was just amazing."
15. Various of Kodi and Xin
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Laetitia Dosch, director "Dog on Trial"
"I mean, Kodi for me is on the credits, he’s on the poster of the film. And now the Palm Dog is going to be serious because it’s talking about animal status and other beautiful parts that now dogs have on films and how sorry, how scriptwriters, directors are interested in the place of animals in our society."
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Toby Rose, founder of Palm Dog:
"I believe Kodi won because it was so poignant that he was on trial for his life in court because of some small disobedience, a little bite, no damage particularly done. But it was that whole idea of what is a dog? Is it just, you know, the side board? Is it a pair of trousers and just any old form of private property or a being? And I think we know the answer. But that question was central to ‘Trial of a Dog.’"
18. Medium Xin
19. Medium Kodi
AP Video shot by: Florent Bajrami
Production: Louise Dixon
STORYLINE:
The verdict is in: The titular “Dog on Trial” was declared this year’s Palm Dog winner in Cannes on Friday.
Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize for the Chinese drama “Black Dog.”
The Palm Dog awards aren’t officially a part of the Cannes Film Festival, but do honor the canines who appear in the festival’s films.
In a rare treat perhaps reflecting the growth of the contest’s popularity, both dogs were in Cannes to pick up their medals — in this case, dog collars.
Historically, many laureates haven’t been on hand: Last year’s winner, Messi, was awarded in absentia for his role as Snoop in “Anatomy of a Fall.” His Palm Dog collar was instead symbolically wrapped around a border collie named Stan that lacked the thespian’s piercing blue eyes.
In 2019, director Quentin Tarantino claimed the collar on behalf of Sayuri, who played Brandy the heroic pit bull in his “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.”
The contest was created in 2001. The annual award and its spinoff categories are decided by a jury of reporters.
For Kodi, a nearly 10-year-old rescue, the honor was the cap to his career — and to a whirlwind week that saw him barred from the red carpet for his film’s premiere.
In “Dog on Trial,” directed by and starring Laetitia Dosch, Kodi’s character is an unruly dog who bites a woman and is put, yes, on trial, with his life at stake. The film is inspired by a true story and explores themes of feminism as well as the status of dogs.
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