Yair Qedar

Yair Qedar is a documentary filmmaker, festival curator and LGBTQ activist. , In his project "the Hebrews", he chronicled the lives of Jewish and Israeli figures of the modern Hebrew literary canon. Qedar's 19 feature-length documentaries have all premiered at film festivals and have won the director over 40 prizes. Qedar is a leading LGBTQ activist. He created several queer films and the first Israeli LGBTQ newspaper. In 2026 he created and curated Aleph international festival for Hebrew language and culture.