The “Palm Dog” is a yearly award presented by the international film critics during the Cannes Film Festival and is awarded to the best performance by a dog (live or animated) or group of dogs during the festival.  At the 2017 festival last month, a misbehaving Standard Poodle named, “Bruno,” won for his work in the Noah Baumbach film, The Meyerowitz Stories, in which he plays Dustin

Lilou

Hoffman’s emotionally neglected pooch opposite co-stars, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler. Jurists said that Bruno clinched the award thanks to a key scene in which he “trips up” Hoffman’s character. For his efforts, “Bruno” won the coveted leather dog collar embossed with the words, “Palm Dog” (a play on words of the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival highest honor. Though Hoffman’s character doesn’t like the dog, the actor was photographed walking “Bruno” on set.

Palm Dog runner-up winner was “Lupo,” a black German Shepherd Dog appearing in the French film, Ava, a coming-of-age story of two teens and a dog who bond in the summer before the title character loses her sight.

Diesel

Three anti-terror dogs part of the festival security detail were also honored with a Special Jury prize: Two-year-old “Lilou,” four-year-old “Glock,” and seven-year-old “Even.” Tribute was also paid to “Diesel,” a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd killed during a counter-terrorism raid at the Bataclan in Paris.

The Palm Dog will be the subject of a special exhibition at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy later this year.