No scenery was chewed: Icelandic sheepdog wins 'Palm Dog' in Cannes

Panda the Icelandic sheepdog won the Palm Dog in Cannes on the fringes of the film festival. She sent a double rather than attending in person.

It was a paws-itively magnificent performance.

Less Brad Pitt, more Brad Pit Bull, the 25th annual Palm Dog awards in Cannes rolled out the red carpet Friday for the four-legged stars to get their flowers alongside their human colleagues, who were in town for this year’s iteration of the film festival held in the French beach town.

Under the Plage du Festival tent, humans sipped their wine while their furry co-stars soaked up the attention at the award ceremony, a pun on Cannes’ famous Palme d’Or, awarded to the director of the year’s best feature film.

This year’s top dog was Panda, an Icelandic sheepdog who stole the show in “The Love That Remains,” by director Hlynur Palmason. Panda is Palmason’s dog in real life, but the victorious hound could hardly be accused of nepaw-tism after her central performance in the drama that explores a year in the life of a family following parental separation.

With Panda unable to attend in person, she was granted perhaps the ultimate privilege of stardom — a double named Lola, who received the award on the winner’s behalf and was pictured alongside children.