Directors’ Fortnight, the independent sidebar section of the Cannes film festival, run by the French Directors’ Guild, has added one more title to its 2025 selection: Yes! from Israeli director Nadav Lapid.
The drama, set in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, follows Y., a struggling jazz musician who is given the task of setting a new national anthem to music. Ariel Bronz stars, together with Efrat Dor, Naama Preis, and Alexey Serebryakov.
Lapid was last in Cannes in 2021 in the official competition with his bold auto-fiction drama Ahed’s Knee, which won the Jury Prize, ex aequo alongside Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria. His third feature, Synonyms, won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2019.
Les Films du Losange is handling world sales on the project and will be shopping Yes! to buyers at the Cannes market.
Directors’ Fortnight unveiled its official selection last week. Other highlights of the 2025 lineup include Miroirs No. 3. from acclaimed German auteur Christian Petzold (Barbara, Afire), the Iraq-set drama The President’s Cake from director Hasan Hadi; and Eva Victor’s Sundance hit Sorry, Baby, which will close the sidebar on May 24.
