Below the Line Presented by Lower East Side Film Festival

David Shadrack Smith

Filmmaker David Shadrack Smith’s feature documentary Public Access charts the chaotic, rebellious, untold story of public access TV in NYC through a wild journey of archi

Mary Neely

Mary Neely, fresh off making her Broadway debut in Death of a Salesman, and serving as a juror at the 2026 festival, joins LESFF Fest Director, Roxy Hunt to talk about wr

NB Mager

NB Mager talks teenage coming-of-age films (top favs and the joy getting to work with Molly Ringwald!), creative rebellion, and what it actually takes to get an indie fil

Kelsea Bauman-Murphy and Audrey Arnold

Beg, borrow, steal - festival alums Kelsea Bauman-Murphy and Audrey Arnold chat filming with sunburns in the heat of Florida, their shared history of shoplifting (which s

‘Your Monster’ Filmmakers & Cast

Caroline Lindy, Writer/Director of LESFF 2024 Best of Fest Winner YOUR MONSTER, and cast members Tommy Dewey, Kayla Foster, and Edmund Donovan chat about making the genre

Cinesex: The Intersection of Sex and Cinema (Live Panel @ LESFF 2024)

A live taping of “Below the Line,” at LESFF 2024. ‘Sexperts’ from all corners of the industry have brought some of their favorite funny, sexy, and steamy scenes to watch

Megan Seely and Dan Bakkedahl

Writer, director and star of the LESFF 2024 Closing Night Film PUDDYSTICKS, Megan Seeley and her co-star Dan Bakkedahl (Veep) talk with hosts Roxy Hunt, Shannon Walker an

Laura Oberbeck & Sebastian DiNatale

Filmmakers Sebastian Dinatale and Laura Oberbeck (two of LESFF's Stay Indie Project participants) discuss how their short film Mr. Oberbeck served as a launch pad for the

Michael Lukk Litwak

Filmmaker Michael Lukk Litwak chats with us about making his indie sci-fi romantic comedy “MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE,” starring Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari - which

Amanda Mustard and Rachel Beth Anderson - HBO’s Great Photo, Lovely Life

An eight-year cinematic journey, "Great Photo, Lovely Life" chronicles a granddaughter’s attempt to disrupt a cycle of intergenerational trauma through the voices of the

The 2023 Writers Guild Award Audio Documentary Nominees

Join The Writers Guild of America East and The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF) directors in a live panel conversation with the Writers Guild of America's 2023 Audio

Demystifying Film Festival Programming

Below The Line, the LESFF Podcast hosts a special LIVE virtual happy hour discussion with programmers from Provincetown Film Festival, Mountainfilm, and our very own Lowe

Jennifer Morrison

Actor/Director, and LESFF Jury member Jennifer Morrison chats directing Euphoria, what she learned acting on Primetime TV for the past decade, and carving her own path to

i am Gen Z

Director Liz Smith and Producer Chantelle de Carvalho discuss their new documentary film i am Gen Z, their fascination with the evolving digital world, and their experien

Pierce M. Berolzheimer

Writer, Director of 'CRABS!' Pierce M. Berolzheimer chats about his love of the horror genre, how to get a stellar performance from a monster crab, and how BIG ASS SPIDER

Lena Hudson and Eliza Cossio

Filmmakers Lena Hudson and Eliza Cossio chat about their short films Too Long At The Fair and La Bruja, what it is like to direct yourself on-screen, and our mutual admir

Matt Porter

Filmmaker Matt Porter talks about his new film Nighty Night starring Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show) and Zach Cherry (HBO's Crashing), and what it's like to be wat

Shaina Feinberg & Chris Manley

Shaina & Chris discuss their opening night film "Senior Escort Service", dealing with grief, and revealing your truth through storytelling. Hosted by The Lower East Sid

Waveforms

A conversation presented by Audio Network, Viacom, and the WGA East on the TV and filmmaking process, touching on writing, composing, music supervision, and the intersect

Matt Nelsen

Matt Nelsen, director of "A Maine Movie", talks about improv, Seinfeld, and the similarities between filmmaking and pipeline engineering. Hosted by The Lower East Side F