Yair Hochner biography

Born in Kfar Save, Israel.

After finishing his three years service in the Israeli Defense Force in 1997, Yair began and completed his studies at "Kamera Obscura" art school where he graduated with distinction, in 2000.

Several short scripts that he wrote soon garnered interest and ultimately received grants from esteemed organizations such as the Eli Gelfand Fund, the America Israel Cultural Foundation, the Yehoshua Rabinovits Fund for Arts and the Snunit fund of channel 2.

With the encouragement of notable directors Keren Yedaya and Tomer Heiman, Yair set out to direct his next script, Good Boys (Yeladim Tovim). Much to his delight, the completed film has become a festival darling and has afforded him the opportunity to travel and speak to captivated audiences worldwide.

Good Boys won in several film festivals: Los Angeles (Winner of OUTstanding Emerging Talent Award Outfest 2005), New York (Winner of the Showtime Vanguard Award NewFest 2005), Montreal (Jury Grand Prize – Feature Film image+nation International LGBT Film Festival
November 2006), Tampa (Winner of: Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Cinematography - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, October 2005) & Eilat (Best Israeli Film
Eilat International Film Festival, May 2006).

The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, showcased Good Boys in a gay film retrospective event in July 2006, where it was the only film in the series to screen twice for sold-out audiences.

Yair taught cinema for five years high school students in Netania and moonlights as a writer and film critic for Israel’s leading website on cinema, Seret. Yair also write T.V review for Time Out Tel Aviv.

He has also written articles for Cinematheque Magazine as well as short stories for Tel Aviv newspaper and for Camera Obscura magazine, some of which were used for student films.

In June, 2006 he co-founded, The First LGBT Film Festival in Tel Aviv. With a need for this genre of film festival, their huge successes far exceed all expectations. In addition to all of his other activities, Yair is already preparing for 2008 festival.(www.tlvfest.com)

For more information on Yair and his film, Good Boys, please visit the website, www.goodboysfilm.com.