After graduating in Philosophy from the University of Paris, Emmanuel moved to Denmark to study at the European Film College, where he directed two short fiction films, and edited many others. He then returned to Paris where he worked as an editor, making of director, and a bakery clerk. Emmanuel loves to play music and to cook, and has an unexplained fascination for hospitals and the medical world. He is currently making a film about nurses.

In Suspension
HD video
21:39 min.

In a neo-natal intensive care unit, a chaplain, a mother, a doctor and a psychologist spend their days and nights around babies whose lives are never taken for granted. Human contact often gives in to medical imperatives, and death is never far. The film looks at the ways these people deal with the omnipresence of technology and a reality which is often out of their control.

Song of a Sperm Donor
16mm color film
9:01 min

A portrait of Jeffrey, former sperm donor, who lives in an RV in Venice Beach, and the first of his daughters to have met him, Ryann.

AWARDS, FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

• Best Short Documentary, Reel to Real Film Festival, North Carolina, 2008
• Festival International de Curtas-Metragens de Sao Paolo, Brasil, 2008
• EcoMagic community screening, California, 2008
• Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Market, France, 2008
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2008
• Swiatowy World Student Film Festival, Poland, 2007

Clearing the Air
Co-directed by Emmanuel Dayan
and Nick Berger
Digital Video - Widescreen
12:02 min

A glimpse into the lives of three people who suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) a condition in which people become intolerant of small doses of a wide range of common chemicals found in our environment.

Busy Days
16mm black and white film
3:50 min.

Thelma, 79, the "baby" of Grant Cuesta nursing home, as she calls herself, struggles to find something to fill her time. From physical exercise to scripture reading to bingo, the film looks at her ways of dealing with the empty days.