The Wanted 18
(brought to you in collaboration with Justice for Palestine)

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)
Release year 2014.

Time 8.00 pm
Saturday 16th August 2025
Location Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui 4500

Free Entry.
All koha received will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (the PCRF)


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)

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You can watch the trailer here.