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Shelter Series: New Directors/New Films [March 21 - April 1 2007] Director: Marco Simon Puccioni, Country: Italy, Release: 2006, Runtime: 99 Anna (Maria De Medeiros) and Mara (Antonia Liskova) are returning to Italy from a holiday abroad when they discover that Anis, a young Moroccan, has hidden himself in their trunk in order to cross the border. Anna, an upper class young woman whose mother and brother run a shoe factory, is eager to help the young man; Mara, a worker at that factory, wonders what the new arrival will mean for her. Second-time director Marco o Simon Puccioni is particularly adept at creating characters that are attractive and well-meaning, as well as sexually and morally ambivalent. When a crisis develops, the trio’s individual strengths and weaknesses come into play in unexpected ways. Marco Simon Puccioni studied architecture in Rome and film at the California Institute of the Arts. He is the co-founder of the filmmaking collective "Ring - the independent directors forum" and teaches film in Perugia, Italy. Shelter is his second feature film. preceded by Stuff Karl Raudsepp-Hearne, Canada, 2007; 7m With their apartment as the battlefield, a man and woman struggle for advantage. Karl Raudsepp-Hearne studied at McGill University and the University of Nanjing in China. He has written and directed several award-winning shorts. Sat Mar 24: 1:00pm at The Museum of Modern Art Mon Mar 26: 6:00pm at the Walter Reade Theater

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