Nadav Lapid is at home in Cannes. Selected in 2008 for the Cinéfondation residency, where he wrote the screenplay for his first feature Le Policier, the Israeli filmmaker also presented his second feature L'Institutrice at Critics' Week in 2014.
In 2021, he won the Jury Prize (tied with Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria ) for his film Ahed's Knee, two years after winning theGolden Bear at the Berlinale for Synonyms.
No official competition for the Israeli this year, but a selection at Cannes nonetheless - and not just any selection, since Nadav Lapid's fifth feature film, Yes, has been selected for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes 2025.
Yes will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025. The official release date for French theaters has yet to be announced.
Synopsis : In the days following October 7th in Israel, jazz musician Y., struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, their souls, and their bodies to the highest bidders, offering comfort and fleeting pleasure to a bleeding nation. Soon, Y. is entrusted with a crucial task: to compose a new national anthem.
Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Directors' Fortnight selection
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Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Directors' Fortnight selection
