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| Cinematography | Daniel Villeneuve, Germán Gutierrez |
| Music by | Benoit Charest |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Countries | Palestine, Canada, France |
| Languages | Arabic, English, Hebrew |
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.[1] The film was the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated.[2][3]
- ^ Felperin, Leslie. "'The Wanted 18': Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ ""The Wanted 18" candidato palestinese all'Oscar". Arab Press. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Palestinian Animation Enters Foreign Language Oscar Race". Animation Magazine. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.