Moon and the Wolfgirl

A child’s imagination reveals a world where fantasy, fear, and identity collide

Moon and the Wolfgirl introduces Moon, a ten year old girl who writes and illustrates her own novels whenever a new idea comes to her mind. Raised by two writers, Moon has developed a vivid inner world in which children can transform into animals, magic is ever present, and dark secrets quietly shape the narrative. Her sixth story, titled Shadow, follows a girl who has the power to become a wolf, until the tale takes a tragic turn when Shadow eats her best friend, much to her own dismay.

Directed by Sarah Mathilde Domogala, the documentary unfolds through a narrative structure that interweaves Moon’s everyday reality with the fictional universe she has created. Animated sequences bring the graphic world of her drawings to life, reconstructing key moments of the story and revealing a plot that blends fantasy, suspense, and tragedy. These scenes allow the viewer to enter Moon’s imagination directly, as her colourful illustrations and words become an extension of her inner life.

As Moon becomes the narrator of her own film, she opens a window onto her thoughts, ideals, and aspirations. Her strong identification with animals, and her rejection of human cruelty toward them, explains why the most memorable characters in her stories tend to have fur rather than human faces. Gradually, parallels emerge between Moon and Shadow, the wolf girl she has invented. Behind the drawings on paper, the documentary reveals how fiction becomes a way for a child to explore complex emotions, moral boundaries, and the unsettling coexistence of innocence and darkness.