The Wanted 18 is a 2014 Palestinian-Canadian animated documentary about the efforts of Palestinians in Beit Sahour to start a small local dairy industry during the First Intifada, hiding a herd of 18 dairy cows from Israeli security forces when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to Israel's national security. The film combines documentary interviews with those involved in the events, archival footage, drawings, black-and-white stop-motion animation as well as re-enactments, and was co-directed by Canadian filmmaker Paul Cowan and Palestinian visual artist and director Amer Shomali.

Directed by Paul Cowan (Canadian) and Amer Shomali (Palestinian)


Entry Koha Entry (with all proceeds going to Medical Aid for Palestinians)

Time 7.30pm
Saturday 9 August
Location Davis Lecture Theatre, Watts Street, Whanganui 4500

Release year 2014

Awards Abu Dhabi Film Festival Best Documentary from the Arab World (2014), Carthage Film Festival Tanit d'Or for Documentary Feature Film (2014), Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Award for Long Film (2015), International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Special Mention of the Jury for Creative Documentary (2015), Traverse City Film Festival Founders Prize for Best Documentary (2015)

Run time 75 minutes
You can watch the trailer here.