“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.
Reverberations
Documentary
0.0
Lebanon in Crisis
Documentary, History
5.7
Wine and War
Documentary
5.0
Shi'a Echoes from Lebanon
Documentary
0.0
I Want to See
Documentary, Drama, History
5.7
Beirut City Guide
Documentary
7.0
It's All in Lebanon
Documentary
5.2
Waltz with Bashir
Drama, Animation, War, Documentary
7.7
Lost in Lebanon
Documentary
8.0
Under the Bombs
Romance, Drama, History, War
6.8
Ricochets
Drama, War
6.2
Out of Life
Drama, War
6.1
Eldorado
Documentary
5.8
The Mountain
Documentary, Animation
0.0
Nahla
Drama, War, Music
7.0
The Last Baron
Documentary, Comedy
10.0
The Gatekeepers
Documentary, History, War
6.9
Here I Am...Here You Are
Documentary
0.0
Tin Soldiers
Documentary
0.0
Minerva
Documentary, Drama
0.0