Dafa Metti

Under Paris' glittering Eiffel Tower, undocumented Senegalese migrants sell miniature souvenirs of the monument, to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, each day is a struggle through darkness in the City of Lights.

Dafa Metti is a short documentary film I directed, produced, shot and edited. The film was completed in 2019, screened at film festivals in 2020-2021 and was subsequently released online in 2021.

Awards

Winner: Vimeo Staff Pick, 2021
Winner: Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2020 - Best Short Documentary First Prize
Winner: Woodstock Film Festival, 2020 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Sidewalk Film Festival, 2020 - Shorts Honorable Mention
Winner: Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival, 2021 - Best Short Documentary Award
Winner: St Albans Film Festival, 2020 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Nottingham International Film Festival, 2020 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Diversions International Short Film Festival, 2020 - Pax Diversity Award
Winner: Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2020 - David Kleiler Award
Winner: Austrian Film Festival, 2020 - Special Mention
Winner: Humans of Film Festival, 2021 - Best Short Film Award
Winner: Courage Film Festival, 2021 - Best Short Documentary Award

Nominations

Cinema Eye Honors - Shorts List 2021
BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) - Best British Short Film Longlist 2021
Grierson Awards - Best Documentary Short shortlist 2021
One World Media Awards - Final nominee 2021
Odense International Film Festival, 2020 - Nominee: The Soapbox Award
London Short Film Festival, 2021 - Nominee: Best British Short Film Award
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, 2021 - Nominee - Best Short Documentary Award
Exit 6 Film Festival, 2021 - Nominee: Best Editing

Official selections

BFI London Film Festival, 2020
AFI DOCS, 2020
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2020
Hamptons International Film Festival, 2020
Calgary International Film Festival, 2020
Kassel Dokfest, 2020
Telluride Mountainfilm, 2020
Savannah Film Festival, 2020
Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2020
DC Shorts International Film Festival, 2020
Edmonton International Film Festival, 2020
Cinequest Film Festival, 2020
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 2020
RiverRun International Film Festival, 2020
American Documentary Film Festival, 2020
International Short Film Festival Berlin Interfilm, 2020
Tacoma Film Festival, 2020
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, 2020
FIDBA - International Documentary Film Festival Buenos Aires, 2020
Bushwick Film Festival, 2020
Tirana International Film Festival, 2020
Tallgrass Film Festival, 2020
Signes de Nuit International Festival, 2020
Film Africa, 2020
Norwich Film Festival, 2020
Hawaii International Film Festival, 2020
JAYU Human Rights Film Festival, 2020
Eastern Oregon Film Festival, 2020
Crested Butte Film Festival, 2020
Kerry International Film Festival, 2020
IndieCork Film Festival, 2020
Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona, 2020
Paris Art and Movie Awards, 2020
Afrika Filmfestival, 2020
DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, 2020
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, 2020
Still Voices Short Film Festival, 2020
Global Migration Film Festival Indonesia, 2020
The Sabira Cole Film Festival, 2020
The Shortest Nights, 2020
Blue Danube Film Festival, 2020
Euregion Film Festival, 2020
Athens International Film and Video festival, 2020
SENE Film Festival, 2020
African Diaspora Cinema Festival, 2020
Festival of Migrant Film, 2020
Braziers International Film Festival, 2020
SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, 2021
Toronto Black Film Festival, 2021
Sonoma International Film Festival, 2021
Thin Line Festival, 2021
Reel To Reality Festival, 2021
Cinemagic Film Festival, 2021
Sedona International Film Festival, 2021
Monadnock International Film Festival, 2021
Unlonely Film Festival, 2021
Courage Film Festival, 2021
VGIK International Student Festival, 2021 - Global Choice competition
British Shorts Film Festival Berlin, 2021
International Festival of Ethnological Film, 2021
NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival, 2021
Bolton Film Festival, 2021
Eatsa Film Festival, 2021
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival, 2021
Lane Doc Fest, 2022
Ethnografilm, 2023

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