Sweeter is the night (Plus douce est la nuit)
Fabienne Wagenaar
France | 2024 | 18’25 | Italian Premiere
In the early 1960s, at a time of independence in West Africa, a young French officer is commissioned by the metropolis to find a missing missionary priest.
An investigation amid mistrust and indifference, silence and prejudice, that takes the young officer far from the light of the shores, where day and night merge.
Director, Writer:Fabienne Wagenaar
Producer: Jean-François Bigot
Producer: Camille Raulo
Fabienne Wagenaar studied illustration at the École Estienne and the École des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg (HEAR) in France, before turning to the moving image during an exchange program with HAW-Hamburg University (Germany). She continued her studies at La Poudrière, an animation filmmaking school in Valence, France, from which she graduated in 2014.
Based in Paris, she alternates between personal projects and commissioned work for film and television as a director, assistant director, graphic designer or set designer. She also designs illustrations for publishing and corporate clients.
