Rescue dog Yuri steals Cannes spotlight with Palm Dog's top prize
- On Friday, the Chilean film 'La Perra' won the Palm Dog award at the Cannes Film Festival, celebrating the best canine performance of 2026.
- Director Dominga Sotomayor premiered the film in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar, featuring a rescue dog named Yuri who plays a solitary woman's companion.
- Sotomayor rescued Yuri and Tormenta to play the role; the untrained dogs were 'really wild to work with,' she explained when collecting the award.
- The Grand Jury prize went to Lola, a border terrier cross from the British movie 'I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,' which also won the Directors' Fortnight audience award Thursday.
- Founded by film journalist Toby Rose in 2001, the Palm Dog Award celebrates canines with equal recognition as their human co-stars, honoring previous winners like Messi and Brandy.
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A round of a-paws for ‘La Perra,’ winner of Palm Dog award at Cannes
CANNES, FRANCE (ABC NEWS) — A round of a-paws for “La Perra,” winner of this year’s Palm Dog award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Chilean movie took the top canine prize Friday, a day before the festival’s official awards ceremony. The quirky tradition on the Cannes beachfront was a celebratory affair, packed with journalists, dog lovers and, of course, plenty of dogs. The sound of barking was interspersed with the clink of wine glasses as eag…
Chilean dog Yuri won the Palm Dog 2026 award on Friday, a parallel prize to the Cannes Film Festival that recognizes the best canine performance at the French event. Yuri, a rescued stray dog, is the star of "La Perra" (The Bitch), directed by Dominga Sotomayor and presented in the Directors' Fortnight. The director received the trophy—a red leather collar—at La Plage du Festival, saying she couldn't imagine a more special award for her new film…
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A round of a-paws for ‘La Perra,’ winner of the Palm Dog award at Cannes
Yuri the dog from the Chilean movie “La Perra” has won the coveted Palm Dog award in Cannes. The prize was given Friday, a day before the festival’s official awards ceremony.
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