Arts

Yair Hochner wants more sex on screen

Filmmaker bemoans de-sexing of queer films

By Xtra.ca • May 19, 2009 8:00 pm EDT

Filmmaker Yair Hochner was in Toronto this week where his steamy film Antarctica was screening at the Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival. Hochner, who is also the artistic director of the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, bemoans the recent de-sexing of queer films.

The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival runs Jun 23-27, 2009.

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