sHEALed Turns Cannes Into a Global Hub for Health, Longevity, and Storytelling as Biohack Yourself Launches HNN

More than 250 doctors, filmmakers, wellness leaders, journalists, and founders gathered across the French Riviera during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE — Biohack Yourself Media and Lolli Brands Entertainment transformed the French Riviera into a hub for health, longevity, media, and documentary storytelling during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival with the global premiere experience of “sHEALed,” the upcoming women’s health documentary already drawing international attention across the wellness industry.

What unfolded throughout the week was not simply a film premiere. It was a large-scale convergence of documentary filmmaking, health innovation, podcasting, media production, luxury hospitality, and experiential storytelling that transformed parts of the Riviera into a gathering point for the global wellness community.

Over the course of three days, more than 250 doctors, biological dentists, functional medicine practitioners, wellness founders, podcasters, filmmakers, journalists, contributors, and media personalities gathered throughout Cannes for a series of interconnected events centered around health innovation, storytelling, and human performance.

The multi-day experience brought together contributors and communities connected to:

 • sHEALed

 • Biohack Yourself

 • Bye Ol’ Dentistry

 • The New Woo

 • Biohack Yourself Magazine

 • HNN | Health News Network

 • Peer-reviewed wellness brands

 • Global podcast networks

 • International longevity and wellness communities

At the center of the week were Anthony Lolli and TereZa Hakobyan-Lolli, founders of Biohack Yourself Media and Lolli Brands Entertainment, the 59-time award-winning production company behind a growing slate of experiential health documentaries distributed across 49 countries and 22 streaming platforms.

“We never wanted to create documentaries that disappeared after premiere night,” said Anthony Lolli. “We wanted to build a living ecosystem where the conversations continue long after the credits roll.”

TereZa Hakobyan-Lolli added, “This week in Cannes represented something much bigger than a film premiere. It represented what happens when experts, media, storytelling, health, and human connection are brought together intentionally.”

Day One: The Global Podcast Pavilion

The experience began inside a waterfront Cannes mansion overlooking the Mediterranean, transformed into what organizers called the “Global Podcast Pavilion.” The property served as the operational headquarters for the Biohack Yourself and sHEALed Cannes experience during the week.

More than a dozen podcast productions were recorded simultaneously as doctors, founders, filmmakers, practitioners, and media personalities rotated through interviews, networking activations, and filmed discussions overlooking the Riviera.

Attendees described the atmosphere as a hybrid between a wellness summit, media production hub, and Riviera networking salon focused on long-form health storytelling.

Helping host and document the experience was a team of journalists, media personalities, and wellness reporters informally referred to throughout the week as the “Cannes Angels,” including: 

• Klaudia Balough 

• Agathe Daskalides 

• Sophie Sargent 

• Shelbi Byrnes 

• Wendy Fortino 

• Olivia Barry

The team worked alongside Jeremy Behar, COO of Biohack Yourself Media, conducting interviews, coordinating guest experiences, and documenting events across Cannes.

Celebrity nutrition and fitness expert JJ Virgin, co-producer and featured expert in “sHEALed,” also participated throughout the week’s events. Virgin is widely recognized for her work in wellness entrepreneurship and for building the Mindshare Collective and Mindshare Summit communities.

Celebrity Photographer, Peter Hurley, Hosts Riviera Portrait Sessions

One of the standout experiences during the gathering came from celebrity photographer Peter Hurley, who converted part of the mansion into a private portrait studio overlooking the Mediterranean.

Known internationally for premium headshot photography, Hurley conducted portrait sessions for founders, health leaders, filmmakers, and journalists attending the Cannes experience.

“It felt like Vanity Fair meets wellness,” one attendee said.

Biohack Yourself Media Publicly Launches HNN

The week also marked the official public unveiling of HNN | Health News Network, introduced by Biohack Yourself Media as an expert-owned health media network designed to provide independent streaming and media infrastructure for health professionals, educators, and wellness creators.

The organization described traditional social media platforms as “borrowed attention,” positioning HNN as a long-form ecosystem where experts retain ownership over their programming, educational content, intellectual property, audience relationships, and media archives.

The launch presentation was led alongside veteran television personality Gayle Guyardo, known for her work in lifestyle broadcasting and wellness media through Bloom TV and national television programming.

During the presentation, Dr. Daniel Pompa was formally recognized as HNN Founding Channel Owner No. 001, receiving a standing ovation from attendees gathered throughout the villa.

“This is long overdue,” Pompa said. “It’s about time.”

As the Cannes Film Festival continued across the Riviera, the Biohack Yourself and “sHEALed” experience emerged as one of the festival’s largest wellness-centered gatherings—blending documentary filmmaking, expert-led health conversations, media production, podcasting, and live experiential storytelling into a single interconnected ecosystem.

For many attendees, the week represented more than a premiere. It marked the growing convergence of health, media, streaming, and community-building at a time when conversations around longevity, performance, and human optimization continue expanding into mainstream global culture.

About Biohack Yourself Media

Biohack Yourself Media is a health and longevity media company operating across documentaries, journalism, publishing, podcasting, live events, and streaming media. The company publishes Biohack Yourself Magazine and produces experiential health documentaries, including sHEALed, Bye Ol’ Dentistry, and The New Woo through Lolli Brands Entertainment.

Founded by Anthony Lolli and TereZa Hakobyan-Lolli, the company’s expanding ecosystem includes HNN | Health News Network, a streaming platform focused on expert-owned health media and long-form educational programming.

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