Israel the day after October 7. Y., a precarious jazz musician, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, give their art, soul and body to the highest bidders, bring pleasure and consolation to their bleeding country. Soon, Y. was entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to set to music a new national anthem.
YES
Log Line
Festivals / Awards
La Quinzaine des Cinéastes – Cannes 2025 - World Premiere
Technical Details
Original Title
OUI
International Title
YES
Duration
2.39
2hr 29min
Aspect Ratio
Format
(2k/4K): 2k
Sound
Dolby Digital
Year
2025
Original Language
Hebrew, English
Production Design
Pascale Consigny
Editor
Nili Feller
France, Israel, Germany, Cyprus
Countries of Production
Les Films du Bal, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Production Companies
Bustan Films, AMP Filmworks, Komplizen Film GmbH, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF/ Arte, Trésor Films (Alain Attal - France)
Co-Production Companies
Israel Film Fund, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel Film Council, Eurimages – Council of Europe, Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, Cyprus Film Commission, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, La Région Bretagne in partnership with the CNC, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée In association with 240 Films, Cinemage 18 Developpement, ALBI Film and Television Fund) International sales & French distribution Les Films du Losange
With Support of
Credits
Nadav Lapid
Director
Nadav Lapid
Screenplay
Les Films du Bal (Judith Lou Lévy) et Chi-Fou-Mi Productions (Hugo Sélignac & Antoine Lafon)
Producers
Director of Photography
Shaï Goldman
Sleeping Giant With the participation of Omer Klein
Music
Sandra Berrebi
Costumes
Ariel Bronz
Efrat Dor
Naama Preis
Alexey Serebryakov
Cast
Director’s Bio/Filmography
Born in 1975 in Tel Aviv, Nadav Lapid directed three short films, published a novel and worked as a literary critic and sports journalist, before joining the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation in 2007, where he wrote the screenplay of his first feature film, Policeman. Since, he has been awarded in the most prestigious festivals with the Jury Prize at Locarno in 2011 for Policeman, a selection at Cannes Critics’ Week for The Kindergarten Teacher, the Golden Bear of the Berlinale in 2019 for Synonyms and the Jury Prize of the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 for Ahed’s Knee. Yes is his fifth feature film.
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World Sales
Les Films du Losange
https://filmsdulosange.com/