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Yair Qedar ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Yair Qedar ( , born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli filmmaker and a civil-rights activist. His academic training on 20th-century Hebrew literature (Tel Aviv University), propelled him into The Hebrews — a documentary project on the Hebrew and Jewish literary canon, centered on filmic portraits of Hebrew writers from the 17 century to recent days . 14 feature length documentary films were made in the project so far. The documentary films which Qedar produced - and directed with other 10 Israeli film directors - all premiered in film festivals, aired on Israeli TV, circulated far and wide in hundreds of cinemas, cinematheques, community and cultural centers, in Israel and around the world (United States and Canada, Europe, Australia and Russia) earning 14 awards -Special Mention in Haifa film festival 2018 - Jury comments: "A unique project of artistic and historical value that wonderfully preserves via documentary films, literary and poetic pearls, some of which, unfortunately, are becoming extinct." , and 2016: first prize for filmmaking in the field of Jewish culture by the ministry of Education in Israel, 2015: the Hebrews films won the prize for best television project in the Israeli Documentary competition). The project, both digital and print, offers altogether e14 documentary films, a video archive and several books. In 2019, Docaviv festival held a special retrospective for the Hebrews films, alongside Van Leer institute in Jerusalem, the Jewish Museum in Berlin as well as other institutions. In 2015-2017 He co directed and produced, with the actor Ilan Peled , the mockumentary mini series Vanished , about the disappearance of women artists in Israeli culture. The film Lilyan in this project won first prize in the Haifa film festival 2016. Qedar is also the initiator of various media projects in Israel , in the fields of the conservation of culture , specifically Hebrew literature and language, and in the LGBT community such as the first LGBT newspaper Hazman HaVarod הזמן הוורוד . "חיי העברים" . ישראל היום (in Hebrew) . "הוכרזו הזוכים בפסטיבל הסרטים הבינלאומי חיפה ה-34" . פסטיבל הסרטים הבינלאומי ה-35 חיפה (in Hebrew) .¹

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Yair Qedar Yair Qedar is an Israeli author , journalist , editor and filmmaker . He started various media projects in Israel , in the fields of culture , specifically Hebrew literature , and in the GLBT community. He was founding editor of Pink Time , Israel's first Gay, lesbian and transgender Newspaper, writes in various publications, such as Haaretz , Yedioth Ahronoth , Masa Acher , and is recipient of various journalistic prizes, including winner of the B'nai B'rith World Center Award for Journalism in 2003, and Euromed Heritage press awards in 2005 and 2006. In the 1990s, he was a founders of GLBT studies and Queer theory. He edited the first gay theatre show in Israel in 1994, edited "Beyond Sexuality", an anthology of Gay & Lesbian studies, established 'Pink Time', HaZman Havarod, the community's newspaper, and more. His film Gay Days , about the GLBT community in Israel, based on his own personal story with the stories of other prominent gay men and women in Israel ( Gal Uchovsky , Eytan Fox , Dana International , Offer Nissim , Michal Eden and others), was premiered on May 2009 in Tel Aviv in Docaviv festival. , and also was screened at the official opening of the Tel Aviv Gay pride events of 2009, was the official selection of the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, 2009, and the official selection of the Panorama , Berlin festival, 2010. Nowdays, Qedar is working on a film about the life of Leah Goldberg , the loved Hebwrew poet. "EUROMED HERITAGE Journalistic Award Second Edition 2006" . delsyr.ec.europa.eu . "Gay Days in Docaviv festival" (in Israeli).

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Yair Qedar Yair Qedar ( , born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli filmmaker , civil-rights activist and cultural critic. His academic training on 20th century Hebrew literature (Tel Aviv University), propelled him into to The Hebrews — a trans media project on the Hebrew literary canon, centered on filmic portraits of the Hebrew writers. His documentary films — Bialik - King of the Jews , The 5 Houses of Lea Goldberg and The Seven Tapes of Yona Wallach , 'the Awakener - the story of Y.H Brener' and 'Simple Woman -Zelda' — aired on Israeli TV, circulated far and wide in cinematheques, community and cultural centers, in Israel and around the world (USA & Canada, Europe, Australia and Russia) earning several awards. The project, both digital and print, offers the films, a Video archive and several books. He is also the initiator of various media projects in Israel , in the fields of the conservation of culture , specifically Hebrew literature and language, and in the LGBT community such as the first LGBT newspaper Hazman HaVarod.

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Israeli filmmaker (born 1969) Yair Qedar ( , born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, social activist and former journalist. In his project "the Hebrews", he had been Chronicling 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 20 prizes. Also, Qedar is a leading LGBTQ activist. He created several Queer films and the first Israeli LGBTQ newspaper. "יאיר קדר ודינה פרלשטיין — זוכי פרס שר החינוך לתרבות יהודית בתחום הקולנוע" . הארץ (in Hebrew) .

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Israeli filmmaker (born 1969) Yair Qedar ( Hebrew : יאיר קדר ; born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker, social activist and former journalist. 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 35 prizes. Qedar is a leading LGBTQ activist. He created several queer films and the first Israeli LGBTQ newspaper. "יאיר קדר ודינה פרלשטיין — זוכי פרס שר החינוך לתרבות יהודית בתחום הקולנוע" . הארץ (in Hebrew) .

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