The Wanted 18 المطلوبات الثمانية عشر
Amer Shomali | 2014 | total Running time: 75MPalestinians in Beit Sahour start a local dairy farm, hiding a herd of 18 cows from Israeli occupation forces when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to national security. This moooovie is a remarkable tale of nonviolent resistance during the first intifada.
About the filmmakerAmer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist, using painting, films, digital media, installations and comics as tools to explore and interact with the sociopolitical scene in Palestine. Much of Shomali’s work examines the creation and the use of the Palestinian revolution’s iconography.
His art works are part of several collections: The British Museum, The Arab World Institute, Barjeel Art Foundation, The Samawi collection, The Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence (MoMRtA), Birzeit University Museum, Al-Qattan Foundation; as well as the private collections of Dr. Ramzi Dalloul, Ms. Rana Sadik, Mr. Hashim Shawa, Mr. Rami Nimer, and Mr. George Al Ama.
Shomali co-directed an award winning animated documentary, The Wanted 18, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. The film was awarded the best documentary award in Abu Dhabi, Carthage, Traverse City, and Al-Jazeera Film Festivals. The Wanted 18 was in the official submission lists for the foreign language and documentary categories of the Oscars 88th.
Born in Kuwait in 1981, Shomali holds a BSc in Architecture from Birzeit University in Palestine, and a Master’s degree in Animation from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. He is currently based in Ramallah, Palestine. teaching at the Faculty of Art, Music and Design at Birzeit University.
Genre: Documentary, Animation
Year of Release: 2014
Original Language(s): Arabic, english