The Red Shoe
short film & feature in development
After a successful Seed&Spark campaign, The Red Shoe short was shot in November 2023 and is currently in the festival circuit.
If you are interested in screening the short film in your festival or community please reach out to TheRedShoeFilm@gmail.com
LOGLINE: Forced to leave their families behind, Jewish teenagers Fanye and Rivkah flee their hometown during the Nazi invasion. Being chased through the woods by an armed Nazi soldier, they are forced to make life-and-death decisions.
ABOUT: The Red Shoe is a short film written by Arielle Beth Klein and directed by K. Lorrel Manning. Klein wrote this short inspired by her grandmother’s story as well as research about the town of Bolochov.
Klein has a feature length version of The Red Shoe in development. If you are interested in hearing more and being involved with the feature film please contact TheRedShoeFilm@gmail.com
FESTIVALS:
August 2024
FLICKER’S Rhode Island International Film Festival (WORLD PREMIERE)
Academy Award Qualifying Festival
Grand Jury Prize: Hearts, Minds, Souls Award
September 2024
SOHO International Film Festival (NY PREMIERE)
Nomination: Best US Short Film
Nomination: Best Performance as an Ensemble in a US Short
Nomination: Best Performance in a Leading Role in a Short (Ali Stoner + Arielle Beth Klein)
November 2024
Ojai Film Festival
Screened in the Cinefemme Seminar Block as a Special Program
BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS by C. Ryan Miller
FULL CAST & CREW
Directed by - K. Lorrel Manning
Written by - Arielle Beth Klein
Produced by - Michael Cuomo, Christine Cirker, Arielle Beth Klein
Exec Producers - C. Ryan Miller, Joe Silberlicht and Sandy Fenske, Mark Stetson, Tony Spina
Cast - Arielle Beth Klein, Ali Stoner, Bobby Hannum, Carine Montbertrand, Jonathan Lipnick, Justin Andrew Davis, Doug Goldring
Associate Producers - Jeffrey Weber, Michelle Kantor
Director of Photography - Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Editor / Script Supervisor - Danny Ward
Production Design - Caitlynn Barrett
Costume Design - Claire Mezzetta
Make-Up Design - BrittanyRose LaFemina-Boccia
Supervising Sound Editor - Darin Hallinan
Colorist — Jenny Montgomery
1st AD - Florian Gunzenhauser
Line Producer: Jennifer Downes
Production Coordinator - Christine Spang
1st Assistant Camera - Kelley Grade
2nd Assistant Camera/DIT- Daniel Chang
Gaffer- Hunter Kaufman
Key Grip - Daniel Todd
Sound Op & Mixer - Conner Chase
Wardrobe Assistant- Elizabeth Clark
Key/Driving PA - Ari Cavaliero
Set PAs: Sam Shainbrown, Madeleine Joyce, Amy Ollove, Kelly Rawson
BTS/Set Photographer - C. Ryan Miller
Holocaust Historian - Ilyse Shainbrown
Left to right: Michael Cuomo, K Lorrel Manning, Carine Montbertrand, Christine Cirker, Arielle Beth Klein, Ali Stoner, C. Ryan Miller.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT: "...The Red Shoe is not only a film about a harrowing yet important event in our world’s history, but it’s also a film about unbelievable courage, sacrifice, and love. In a world where hate for the “other” is increasing at an alarming rate, and history is actually being questioned, it is important for us to revisit the past, no matter how painful, to not only honor those who sacrificed their lives for future generations but to also educate and inform so that these tragic events never happen again…” - K. Lorrel Manning