The Wanted 18
Filmfest 2015
France, Canada, Palestinian Territories 2014
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Arabic, English, Hebrew)
German Premiere
Director: Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
Section: International Independents
In the Middle East, only cows are black and white.
It's 1987 and the Israeli army is in hot pursuit of eighteen dairy cows in the town of Beit Sahour in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The cows are declared a threat to Israel's national security after a group of Palestinians begin producing milk for the town's residents. These newly minted dairy farmers have to learn the most basic skills – even how to milk the cows! Humorous and thoughtprovoking, THE WANTED 18 shows the power of mass mobilization and nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation during the First Intifada.
Just Vision
Shomali and Cowan tell this one-of-a-kind story through a unique combination of stop-motion animation, interviews, drawings and
archival material, bringing to life one of the strangest chapters in the history of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
With: Heidi Foss, Alison Darcy, Rosann Nerenberg, Holly O'Brien, Amer Shomali
Credits
Screenplay: Paul Cowan
Director of Photography: Daniel Villeneuve, Germán Gutiérrez
Film Editor: Aube Foglia
Composer: Benot Charest
Sound: Daniel Fontaine
Producer: Ina Fitchman
Production Company: Intuitive Pictures Inc
Co-Producer: Saed Andoni, Dominique Barneaud, Natalie Cloutier
Co-Production Company: Dar Films, Bellota films, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
World Sales: National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Distributor: Bellota films
Director: Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan
