DIAN WEYS is a South African writer and director born in 1991. He studied BCom Law at the University of the Free State, holds an MA in Film Studies cum laude from the University of Cape Town and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen.
His four short films have screened at over 180 international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Palm Springs ShortFest, Message to Man, Red Sea FF, Tampere FF, Tribeca Festival, and ZINEBI Bilbao. Among them, BERGIE (2022) won the Tanit d’Argent for Best Short Film at the Carthage Film Festival. VULTURES (2025) was selected in the Official Short Film Competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Unifrance Short Film Grand Prix.
He is an alumnus of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes, Cannes Focus COPRO', Pop-Up Film Residency, and European Short Pitch.
