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CANNES, France (Reuters) There was lots of tail-wagging and face-licking as Kodi, this years winner of the Palm Dog, the canine equivalent of the Cannes Film Festivals top prize, went up to receive his red collar for the French comedy Dog on Trial on Friday...
This film is very significant because it not only explores the bond between humans and dogs but it takes a satirical, comedic but quite profound look at the way that we domesticate dogs and the way that we relate to dogs, and the way our justice system relates to dogs, said critic and jury member Anna Smith...
Xin was in Cannes to don the red collar for the film about an ex-convict tasked with ridding his town of stray dogs who befriends one of them...
Kodi succeeds last years winner, Messi from Justine Triets Anatomy of a Fall, who converted his star power into a French TV show in which he, through the voice of French humorist Raphael Mezrahi, interviews people at this years festival...
Other past winners include Brandy, a pit bull belonging to Brad Pitts character in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Tilda Swintons spaniels, who co-starred with her in a film directed by Joanna Hogg...
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