Fathoming Dinner

The wealthy Trashworth family's luxurious dinner party devolves into an absurdist war of gossip and vanity, completely ignoring the serious global issues their decadent lifestyle represents. A biting satiric short full of social commentary, darkly comic family issues, and a scene-stealing dog who’s just lapping up the chaos. 

8' | Dark Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 2026

The

Goal

The

Challenge

To assemble a team, secure independent funding, and establish a production pipeline capable of delivering an 8-minute animated short film within a 1-year production cycle.

Leading a team of 6 artists without a big studio infrastructure, ensuring we have time-efficient techniques that stay visually consistent for every team member, while simultaneously running a crowdfunding campaign and working on the future strategy of the project.

Scope of Work

Built the master shotlist and arranged weekly sprint meetings with the team to fix any arising blockers. Sought external mentors (studio Mooves).

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Together with the team, developed a specific 2D-rig + 3D environment pipeline to optimize the time and style consistency. Executed a successful €3,000 crowdfunding campaign on Voordekunst. Arranged voice actors, a DCP-maker, and a high-quality 5.1 sound edit.

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Developed a festival strategy, managing international submissions, technical asset delivery formats, and promotional press kits.

The Team

Oleksandra Davydenko

Leja Kancerevyciute

Anouk Seelt

Sophie van Geest

Venetia Theodosiou

Alara Ilhan

Lily-Zoe Merkel

Roloff de Jeu

Bob Kommer Studio's
Studio Mooves

director, producer

director, art-director

animator

animator

animator

animator

animator

DCP packaging

sound design & 5.1

external mentoring

The film premiered at the Imagine Fantastic Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2025. It was nominated for a prestigious Méliès d'argent.

Later that year, it ran in the official program of Rotterdams Open Doek, while also doing well in festivals accross Europe and the US.

In 2026, it won Best Animated Short at Atlanta After Dark Festival.

The Result

Oleksandra D.

oleksandra.hoofd@gmail.com

2026

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