The Red Shoe
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
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 Holocaust survival story as well as research about the town of Bolochov.
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After a successful film festival circuit, The Red Shoe was released on CRAFTY SHORTS Youtube.
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
December 2024
FLICKER’S RIIFF Jewish Experience
We were asked to return to Prividence to be featured in a Jewish Film Block screened at RISD
January 2025
Denver Jewish Film Festival
Featured short on January 31st at 12:30pm before the feature documentary Custaryans.
February 2025
Wellsboro Film Festival
October 2025
AMT International Film Festival
Best Actress Award - Arielle Beth Klein