‘The Wanted 18’ Screening at Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya Arab Film Festival 2015

Since 2001, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya has promoted Independent Lebanese and Arab films, and encouraged young talents to lend their imagination to the big screen.

This unique Arab film festival brings together over 200 professionals and students from Lebanon and the region, in addition to international professionals and stars. In additions to films, the festival hosts many workshops, roundtables and networking sessions.

About the Movie
Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story from the First Palestinian Intifada: The Israeli Army’s pursuit of eighteen cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.”

About the Directors
Amer Shomali was born in Kuwait and is currently based in Ramallah. A multidisciplinary artist, animator, and activist, he made his film debut with the animated short Dying of the Light in 2008. The Wanted 18 is his first feature.

Paul Cowan was born in Montreal. He has directed several feature documentaries for television and film, including The Kid Who Couldn’t Miss in 1983, Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair in 1984, Justice Denied in 1989, and Westray in 2001, which won the Genie Award for Best Documentary. The Wanted 18 is his latest film.