By Alex Ritman
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PLANTA and RT Features The Palm Dog, Cannes’ beloved, unofficial awards show celebrating the best canine performances across the official selection and various sidebars, has crowned its winner for 2026.
For many attendees, the standard of films in this year’s Cannes hasn’t quite matched previous editions, and this was also reflected in the number of prestige four-legged roles seen on screen.
But in Cannes’ conversations about potential runners, riders and rovers, one mutt kept bounding into view. Yuri, the rescue dog at the heart of “La Perra” (literally the Spanish slang term for female dog), was atop many tail-wagging lists and on Friday she had her day, winning the top Palm Dog award at a special ceremony at Plage du Festivals.
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