Sienna Ferguson

. . . will be released to the public in EARLY 2027!

The Encroachment was officially selected for the Arizona Underground Film Festival!!

It will show at the Festival on September 18th.

THE ENCROACHMENT is a 3D animated horror-comedy senior short film made for the CU Denver Digital Animation Center (DAC) Class of 2026.

My original pitch for the film was chosen as one of 5 out of 30 total pitches!

The film is currently running through the film festival circuit and isn't publicly available yet, but you can contact me at siennafergie@outlook.com for access to the unlisted link!

"When a roach shows up at their crappy apartment, two tired roommates try to deal with a pest problem that quickly grows out of control."

This project wouldn't be possible without all of the AMAZING PEOPLE INVOLVED!

OUR MAIN TEAM, Helen Chen, Nicholas Ellis, Noah Bigelow, Kathryn Chamberlin, Ashlyn Nguyen, and Evan Stirts,

OUR VOICE ACTORS, Parker Watson and Kiyo Lopez-Ota,

OUR SOUND TEAM, Harrison Maffei, Ana Luna Uribe-Leteinturier, and Sienna Bigelow,

And everyone else who has helped to make this short film a reality!

POSTER BY ELORA DODRILL

Stills from the short film!

Throughout its two years of production, The Encroachment has taught me so much about the many facets of creating an animated film.

From thinking up the first inklings of the original idea (a real-life encounter with a slightly smaller cockroach),

to learning the ins and outs of pitching a cohesive story in front of an audience,

to developing a plot and a script and a visual style and a creative pipeline that everyone can work together on simultaneously,

this film has been a wonderfully educational experience, which has continued well into the summer when running through my first film festival circuit!