Dayan D. OUALID - director:
Following a three-and-a-half year military service in Israel, Dayan David Oualid joined the ESEC Graduate School of Cinematographic Studies in Paris. He created with classmates the Association of Young Independent Filmmakers, thanks to which he produced several short films and other audiovisual products. In 2019, he directed and embodies the main character of the short film DIBBUK and founded the company TROIS JOURS DE MARCHE with Luc Finalteri, Guillaume Schmitt, Raphaël Pierre-Bloch and Emilie Potet.
He just finished in 2022 a short film entitled THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE RAV KALMENSON in co-production with LES FILMS DU CYGNE. The pre-production of the feature film adaptation of DIBBUK in co-production with LEGENDE FILMS is under preparation.
With a strong desire to mix a social and fantastic cinema, Dayan writes around current themes with a certain nostalgia for the 90s and a strong esoteric and spiritual background.

French Festivals: 
. Friday's Shorts of Bourg-en-Bresse (February 2023)
. 20th Festival "Concours de Courts" in Toulouse (March-April 2023)
. Size doesn't matter, Paris (April 2023)
. 7th Festival "Jeunesse Tout Courts" in Rémalard-en-Perche (June 2023) - Audience award
. Festival "Côté court" of Pantin - Panorama Section (June 2023)
. La Baule Cinema and Film Music Festival (June-July 2023)
. 12th International Short Film Festival "Cinéma en Liberté", Toulon (August 2023)
. 8th Phare Festival (July 2023)
. Open Festival Marseille (October 2023)
. 27th International Shorts Festival of Aigues-Mortes (November 2023) 
. 17th Familly Film Festival (November 2023)
. 36th International Short Film Festival CLAP89 (April 2024)
. Open Mirabeau Festival (June 2024)
. Festival À la Dérive ! (August 2024)
. 2024 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (USA, July 2024)
. Festival À la Dérive ! (France, August 2024)
. Bordeaux Shorts Biennale (October 2024) – Audience Award

International Festivals:
. Shorts to the Point (Romania, March 2023) - Best comedy award
. Crossing the Screen Film Festival (UK, March 2023)
. Cinalfama (Portugal, April 2023)
. IE Short Film Festival (Spain, May 2023)
. Festival Internacional de Cine Del Cono Sur (Chile, May 2023)
. Creation International Film Festival (USA, June 2023) - Best comedy award, Best family short award
. Stony Brook Film Festival (USA, July 2023)
​. Southport FilmFest (UK, July 2023)
. 2023 Malescorto International Short Film Festival (Italy, July 2023)
. 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (USA, July-August 2023)
. 18th AsterFest International Film Festival (RN Macedonia, August 2023)
. 21rst Cinemadamare (Italy, August 2023)
. 20th Annual Salento International Film Festival (Italy, September 2023)
. 11th Kraljevski filmski Festival (Serbia, September 2023)
. Festival Internacional de Cine de Comedia (Argentina, September 2023)
. 2023 Footcandle Film Festival (USA, September 2023)
. 15th Annual Naples International Film Festival (USA, October 2023)
. 2023 Chelsea Film Festival (USA, October 2023)
. Publicystyka 2023 (Poland, October 2023)
. Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (USA, October 2023)
. Newwest Filmfest (Canada, October 2023)
. 29th Int. Film Festival Golden Beggar (Slovakia, October 2023) – Best scrip award
. Tri-Cities International Film Festival (USA, October 2023)
. Dublin Independent Film Festival 2023 (Ireland, November 2023)
. 35th Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival (USA, November 2023)
. 15th Filmfest Düsseldorf (Germany, November 2023) – Jury award
. 9th Greenwhich Village Film Festival (USA, November 2023)
. 17th Grand OFF Festival (Germany, December 2023) – Best editing award
. Shorts of the Year (Spain, Spring 2024)
​. Short Film Breaks (Romania, January 2024)
. 10th Findecoin Independent International Short & Feature Film Festival (Venezuela, Feb. 2024) – Best comedy short film
. XXI Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival (Uruguay, February 2024)
. 24th Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (USA, February and March 2024)
. Boca International Jewish Film Festival (USA, February and March 2024)
. Short. Sweet. Film Fest. (UK, March 2024)
. Beeston Filmfestival (USA, April 2024)
. Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (USA, April 2024)
. New Jersey Jewish Film Festival (USA, April 2024)
. Fisheye Film Festival (UK, April 2024)
. West Virginia Jewish Film Festival (USA, June 2024) - Audience Award
. Kansas City Jewish Film Festival (USA, June 2024)
. Maracay International Film & Video Festival (Venezuela, June 2024)
. 2024 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (USA, July 2024)
. FINTCH 2024 - Festival Internacional de Cine de Humor (Brazil, December 2024)

TV:
. OCS (France)

Synopsis: Yoel, 30, is what was called in the 90s a “Lubavitch”, an Orthodox Jew. Every Saturday morning, he goes, accompanied by his 6-year-old son, to honor Shabbat in the synagogue in his neighborhood, a primary school set up for the occasion. That day, the rabbi of the community of devotees, Rav Kalmenson, an impressive man with his charisma and his long beard, will challenge Yoel by announcing to him that his son “is lighting up”.

Comedy - 15' - 2K - 1,85 - Color - France 2023

Casting: Marc Allal, Henri Liebman, Jarod Tseror, Tal Reuveny
Direction: Dayan D. Oualid
Screenplay: Dayan D. Oualid
Production: Jonathan Hazan, Dayan D. Oualid
Cinematography: Elie Delpit
Set Design: Margaux Bennini
Costume Design: Anna Friedli
Sound: Abel Hourdeaux
Editing: Solène Cotten
Sound Editing & Sound Mix: Jean-Charles Kraimps
Music: YOM

A coproduction Les Films du Cygne & Trois Jours de Marche.
With the participation of OCS, and the supports of CNC, and the Procirep & the Angoa.