Kidnapped

Kidnapped — Plot

“Al Makhtufun” won the 1998 Best Short Documentary Film Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival for highlighting the issue of abducted Lebanese. The film raises two major issues: The abductee’s physical absence and his spiritual presence among his family members, and the parents silently wishing his return. The documentary looks at documents kept by Wadad, a mother who decides to step outside her comfort zone and share her papers and forms when other parents would not.

• Release date
• April 13, 1998
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Documentary, War
• Director
• Bahij Hojeij