38th edition
17-25 january 2026

La Véritable histoire de Saint Nicolas

Sandrine Dryvers

Image La Véritable histoire de Saint Nicolas
Belgium
2004 Fiction 15 min
It's the weekend of Saint Nicholas. Cecile suddenly leaves her little brother Thomas on the forest path leading to their home home so she can hide something she stole. Thomas threatens to tell their father everything. Night comes... Will Saint Nicholas reward the good little children or will the bogey man cut them to pieces ?
With : Martin Nissen, Vanda Verryken, Enzo Righes
Screenplay : Sandrine Dryvers
Image : Dominique Henry
Sound : Quentin Jacques
Editing : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production : Dérives // quai de Gaulle 13, B 4020 Liège, Belgique / Tél : +32 (0)4 342 49 39 / Fax : +32 (0)4 342 66 98 / Email : derives@skynet.be
Sandrine Dryvers was born in 1970. After studies in sociology, Sandrine devoted herself to documentary film and made Punk pic nic, Alter égaux. Et si on parlait travail and Feu ma mère. She has also led directing workshops. La véritable histoire de Saint Nicolas, produced by the Dardenne brothers, is her first short fiction film.