Abduction is the true story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean spies in 1977, and her parents' 30-year battle to bring her home.
Winner
Director
Chris Sheridan is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured on broadcasts across the world—PBS, CBS, Nat Geo, Al Jazeera, BBC, among others. ABDUCTION screened at the U.N. in support of an international treaty outlawing enforced disappearances. Chris also produced Emmy-nominated films Almost Sunrise and Give Up Tomorrow.
Producer
Patty Kim co-directed BBC’s ABDUCTION (executive produced by Oscar-winner Jane Campion), which won multiple honors, including the duPont-Columbia Award. Patty executive produced the Emmy-nominated Almost Sunrise and Beirut Dreams in Color (The Guardian), and produced Give Up Tomorrow, which won major prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival.