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May 10, 2000 – May 13, 2025: 25 years ago today, Cannes entered the streaming era.
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12 May 2025

While La Croisette celebrated world cinema during the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, another, discreet but visionary revolution was taking place behind the scenes. On the beach of Martinez, a daring project was born: the first ever live internet studio installed as part of the festival.


🎬 25 years ago today: a look back at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival – An unforgettable edition!

On 12 May 2000, the spotlight was on the Croisette for the 53rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Today, 2 Stream looks back at this special event, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. It was a time when world cinema was experiencing a true artistic boom, and Cannes was its beating heart. But this edition did not only mark the history of the 7th art: it was also the scene of a digital revolution, driven by pioneers of online broadcasting.


🏆 A Golden Palm that still resonates

Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or for Dancer in the Dark , a musical drama starring a moving Björk. She also won Best Actress. The film, controversial but praised for its formal and emotional audacity, remains one of the most remarkable by Danish directors.


📡 A live web studio before YouTube

At the initiative of Christophe Lenaerts and his company Telemak , this unprecedented innovation gave birth to a team of pioneers nicknamed Netman . Equipped with DV cameras, 56k modems, laptops and home-made FTP servers, they captured and broadcast live footage from behind the scenes of the festival: interviews with artists, the atmosphere of the evenings, the emotions of the marches and the looks of the festival-goers, all accessible online at a time when 'streaming' was still just a familiar word.


🎥 Cannes 2000: a historic edition

The 2000 edition is still an important reference in the history of the festival today:


🎞️ Golden Palm: Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier, carried by a moving Björk, also named Best Actress.

🎬 Best Director Award: In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai, a cult film that has become a benchmark for film poetry.

🗣️ Screenplay Award: Le Goût des autres by Agnès Jaoui, with a candid and humanistic view of French society.

✨ And many other notable works, such as Devdas and Nanni Moretti , which reflected the diversity and richness of world cinema.


👾 A digital memory rediscovered

25 years later, 2 Stream offers you an immersion in this founding experience with two unpublished archives:


▶️ 🎞️ The exclusive vintage video: https://youtu.be/fSlUP6jf7LY?si=PAO-877xkJRTUBSc


🎬 May 10, 2000 - May 12, 2025: 25 years ago today, Cannes entered the streaming era. 🌐🎥

📄 🗂️ The original PDF file of the Telemak project – Cannes 2000:


🌍 This visionary project laid the foundation for what would later become online event broadcasting, social livestreaming, and web recording. A quarter century later, these pioneers continue to inspire anyone designing digital live experiences today.


🎉 25 years later, the emotion is still intact and the innovation is more alive than ever.

At 2 Stream we pride ourselves on keeping this heritage alive and continuing to innovate with the same boldness we showed at Martinez Beach in May 2000.


📢 Were you there? Do you remember that time? Tell us in the comments or share this page to celebrate this beautiful story.


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