DAFA METTI – A film by Tal Amiran 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. SCREENINGS, AWARDS, and NOMINATIONS: Cinema Eye Honors – Shorts List 2021 BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) 2021 – Best British Short Film Longlist BFI London Film Festival, 2020 AFI DOCS, 2020 Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2020 – Best Short Documentary First Prize Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2020 Hamptons International Film Festival, 2020 Calgary International Film Festival, 2020 Odense International Film Festival, 2020 – Nominee: The Soapbox Award Woodstock Film Festival, 2020 – Best Short Documentary Kassel Dokfest, 2020 Telluride Mountainfilm, 2020 Savannah Film Festival, 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival, 2020 – Shorts Honorable Mention 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 St Albans Film Festival, 2020 – Best Short Documentary 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 Nottingham International Film Festival, 2020 – Best Short Documentary 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 Diversions International Short Film Festival, 2020 – Pax Diversity Award Afrika Filmfestival, 2020 DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, 2020 Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, 2020 Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2020 – David Kleiler Award 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 Austrian Film Festival, 2020 – Special Mention Euregion Film Festival, 2020 Athens International Film and Video festival, 2020 SENE Film Festival, USA 2020 African Diaspora Cinema Festival, Italy 2020 Festival of Migrant Film, Slovenia 2020 Braziers International Film Festival, UK 2020 SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, USA 2021 London Short Film Festival, UK 2021 – Nominee: Best British Short Film Award Toronto Black Film Festival, Canada 2021 Sonoma International Film Festival, USA 2021 Thin Line Festival, USA 2021 Wolof, English subtitles. Director / Producer: Tal Amiran Cinematography: Tal Amiran Editing: Tal Amiran Sound Design: Rick Blything Music: Monofee