Yes! (film)

Yes! (Hebrew: כן!, romanized: Ken!) is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Nadav Lapid. It stars Ariel Bronz, Efrat Dor, Naama Preis, Aleksei Serebryakov and Sharon Alexander.

Yes!
Directed by	Nadav Lapid
Written by	Nadav Lapid
Produced by	Judith Lou Lévy Hugo Sélignac Antoine Lafon
Starring	Ariel Bronz Efrat Dor Naama Preis Aleksei Serebryakov Sharon Alexander
Cinematography	Shaï Goldman
Edited by	Nili Feller
Music by	Sleeping Giant Omer Klein
Production companies	Les Films du Bal Chi-Fou-Mi Productions Bustan Films Komplizen Film AMP Filmworks Arte France Cinéma
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange (France)
Release dates	22 May 2025 (2025-05-22) (Cannes) 17 September 2025 (2025-09-17) (France)
Running time	150 minutes[1]
Countries	France Israel Cyprus Germany
Language	Hebrew

The film had its world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2025.

Premise

Following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Y., a pianist and comedian, is struggling to make his career a financial success, when he is commissioned to compose the music for a new national anthem.

Cast

• Ariel Bronz as Y.
• Efrat Dor as Yasmin
• Naama Preis as Leah
• Aleksei Serebryakov as Big Billionaire
• Sharon Alexander

Production

In May 2023, it was announced Nadav Lapid had received financing from the Israel Film Fund for the film.^[2] In June 2023, Arte France Cinéma boarded the project.^[3] Lapid also attended the Marché du Film with the project in May 2024.^[4]

Distribution

It had its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival 22 May 2025, in the Directors' Fortnight section.^[5] It was screened on 20 July 2025 at the 2025 New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław in the "Masters" section.^[6]

It is scheduled for commercial release on 17 September 2025 in French theaters.^[7] Kino Lorber will distribute in the United States.^[8]