Down in the Dumps

Down in the Dumps

Netherlands, 18', 2025


age recommendation: 9+

original language: Dutch

When Cinelli, a perfectionist ladybug, her shell is stolen by her envious neighbor Peri, she spirals into depression. As Peri discovers the burden of living Cinelli’s seemingly flawless life, she learns that her true worth goes far beyond her shell.

Vera van Wolferen

Είναι σκηνοθέτρια animation και σκηνογράφος από την Ολλανδία. Δημιουργεί περίτεχνες και σχολαστικά κατασκευασμένες σκηνές από χαρτί, συμπεριλαμβανομένων σκηνικών, stop-motion animation και βιτρινών για εταιρείες όπως η Heineken, το Facebook, η Bosch και η Jo Malone. Η πτυχιακή της  ταινία How to Catch a Bird was a Vimeo Staff Pick and she was named as one of the new-generation animators by Monocle in 2013. In 2017, she participated in the talent development programme of the Playgrounds Festival and, in 2020, her short film Tourist Trap was released in 30 Dutch cinemas as a supporting short.



Cast & Crew

  • direction: Vera van Wolferen
  • screenplay: Britt Snel
  • cinematography: Marc de Meijer
  • animation: Jasper Kuipers, Ylva Ernst, Jing Yue Zwaan
  • music: Manna Horsting
  • sound: Maria Kramer
  • producers: Chris Stenger, Floor Onrust
  • production company: Family Affair Films

Filmography

  • Tourist Trap (2020)
  • How to Catch a Bird (2013)

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