YES Film Festival

YES Film Festival The YES Film Festival will be held Oct. 23-26, 2025, in Columbus, Indiana.

The YES Film Festival celebrates the creativity and diversity of independent film, bringing to the screen the best documentaries, narrative features and short films, with competitions in all three categories. Columbus, Indiana is an internationally famous small town nestled between the cornfields in the heart of the heartland. Once coined as “Athens of the Prairie,” and featured recently on “CBS

News Sunday Morning,” Columbus is internationally known for scores of buildings by world-famous architects including I.M. Pei, Eero Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen, Harry Weese, and art and sculpture by artists such as Henry Moore. This unique town is a perfect location for bringing great stories to life on the screen. YESfest films will screen at the YES Cinema in downtown Columbus, an elegant and welcoming independent theater that specializes in classic, foreign, independent and second-run films and hosts live events such as the Cinema’s hugely popular YES Comedy Showcase. Cinema truly is the universal language and our mission at YESfest is to promote a lively and passionate dialogue between filmmakers and film-lovers. Whether you’re in the audience, behind the scenes or in front of the camera, we look forward to seeing you at YES!

10/23/2025
That's a wrap!
10/30/2023

That's a wrap!

The party's over, the films flicker and dim,
You’ve watched and dreamed throughout the weekend,
It seemed to be right, just being at YES,
Now, you must wake up, all dreams must end,
The party's over, it's over, my friend.

10/30/2023

International award winning filmmakers Paul Nethercott and Inesa Kurklietyte at - Inesa came all the way from Lithuania!

The YES Film Festival is internationally known!

YESfest 2023 Day 2 Photo Dump!
10/30/2023

YESfest 2023 Day 2 Photo Dump!

Screening at 4:30 SundayQ&A follows
10/29/2023

Screening at 4:30 Sunday
Q&A follows

The 4:15 line-up TODAY:Short films Cleveland and Chipper screen before The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright StoryQ&A sessi...
10/29/2023

The 4:15 line-up TODAY:
Short films Cleveland and Chipper screen before The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story
Q&A session follows

It's a GREAT DAY for a film festival!So many films screening this afternoon and evening!
10/29/2023

It's a GREAT DAY for a film festival!
So many films screening this afternoon and evening!

Felipe wins today’s Best Dressed Award at YESfest!
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TODAY at 4:15! Don't miss this session of film!Q&A follows!
10/29/2023

TODAY at 4:15! Don't miss this session of film!
Q&A follows!

Our final screening of "Chipper" at YES Film Festival will be today at 4:15pm. If you missed it yesterday, we hope to see you there today. Jayson Warner Smith will be there to answer your questions during the Q&A immediately following the triple bill of "Cleveland", "Chipper" and "The Bright Path".

We have had a lovely time visiting your charming town of and we look forward to meeting more of its residents. :)

The weather forecast calls for a day at the theater! The action at YESfest starts at NOON!
10/29/2023

The weather forecast calls for a day at the theater! The action at YESfest starts at NOON!

6:45 Tonight! (10/28)Q&A follows!!
10/28/2023

6:45 Tonight! (10/28)
Q&A follows!!

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328 Jackson Street
Columbus, IN
47201

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