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Canine film stars battle it out in doggy Oscars: will Messi the collie get teeth into top Fido award?
Anatomy of a Fall’s Snoop sheepdog faces competition from Barbie’s labrador and Napoleon’s pomeranian
The battle for the coveted Best in World award – an embossed collar – for the greatest on-screen dog performance is expected to be fierce, but the favourite is Messi the border collie who played Snoop in Anatomy of a Fall. Photograph: AlamyStill, the route to Fidos success is no walk in the park – the judges are considering other strong performances, including Lola the mongrel’s central role as Marra in Ken Loach’s The Old Oak and Tilda Swinton’s springer spaniel Louis, who starred with his owner in The Eternal Daughter. Meanwhile the Comedy Canine collar may well go to Reggie, the border terrier voiced by Will Ferrell in Strays and later adopted by director Josh Greenbaum, although none of the other dogs in the film, about four mutts taking revenge on an abusive owner, managed a nomination.
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