Tilda Swinton and Sean Baker were among the human co-conspirators present to accept awards on behalf of the canine scene-stealers in their Cannes films at the irreverent Palm Dog Awards on the Croi…
Baker, who arrived to the ceremony with his own dogs—Bunsen and Boonee, who was Dree Hemingway’s co-star in Baker’s earlier film—accepted the prize on behalf of Sophie, who was adopted during shooting and traded a rough-and-tumble existence in Galveston, TX for a happy new family life in LA.
“This is the beginning of an incredible career for Sophie,” Baker told Deadline. “She’s now living in LA and has an agent. She really wouldn’t be alive today if she hadn’t been rescued—she had heartworm and the vet gave her a few weeks to live. She is the sweetest pitbull ever.”The prizes were handed out by jury members including this very reporter, Deadline’s Executive Awards Editor Joe Utichi, and Deadline contributors Damon Wise and Anna Smith.
“Having Tilda and Sean present for our 20th anniversary of the Palm Dog Awards is the best birthday present,” said Rose. “In, the dogs were very much part of the family, in every sense of the word, since they’re Tilda’s very own pooches. A wonderful personal touch. In, Sophie was a lost and found with a very sad story made good. It doesn’t get better than that.
The golden collars on offer at the Palm Dogs have become choice prizes for festival filmmakers. In 2019, Quentin Tarantino came to Cannes with an eye on a Palm Dog win for Brandy, Brad Pitt’s character’s dog in, and turned up to the ceremony to collect Brandy’s prize. Other notable canines awarded in the past include the legendary Uggie, star of 2012’s
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