Stefan Liberski

Screenplay by Stefan Liberski adapted from Amélie Nothomb’s novel of the same name – Starring Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Alice de Lencquesaing, Julie Le Breton, Akimi Ota, Tokio Yokoi, Shinnosuke Kasahara – Cinematography by Hichame Alaouie – Music by Casimir Liberski – Produced by Versus – Distribution : O’Brother (Belgique), Eurozoom (France) – International sales : Films Distribution (2014)

Amélie (Pauline Etienne) is infatuated with all things Japanese. She was born in Japan, but her parents returned to Belgium when she was a little girl, and she’s always dreamed of going back. Now, as a young adult, she finally has her chance. She moves to Tokyo, finds a small suburban apartment, and immerses herself in Japanese culture. Then, working as a French tutor, Amélie meets her match in Rinri (Taichi Inoue). He’s a chivalrous and pensive Japanese student obsessed with all things French — which soon includes Amélie, even though she’s Belgian. With all the awkwardness and wonder of first love, Amélie and Rinri delight in exploring Tokyo and each other. But even as Amélie reclaims the magic of her childhood, and Rinri seeks out the openness discouraged by his culture, they both question whether there’s room for reality in this fantasy. An adaptation of a recent novel by the writer Amélie Nothomb, a best-­seller in France and published in more than 40 countries.

Screenplay by Dominique Laroche, Stefan Liberski and Marc Vermeersch based on an original idea by Dominique Laroche – Starring Ambre Grouwels, César Domboy, Pauline Parigot, Isabelle de Hertogh – Cinematography by Claire Mathon – Produced by Versus – Distribution : O’Brother (Belgium), Pyramide Distribution (France) (2014)

Bici is a young 18 year old girl. Chubby and bursting with talent, she sings in a rock band where the lead guitarist, Vince, is her childhood friend. Bici has been secretly in love with him forever. When Anita appears unexpectedly in the lives of the band as well as Vince’s, Bici tries to throw her out. At all costs. But Bici will later discover that Anita wasn’t the only thing standing in her way. Something else was preventing her from leaving her childhood.

Screenplay by Gabor Rassov and Stefan Liberski freely adapted from Jean-Paul Dubois’ novel « Vous plaisantez, monsieur Tanner » – Cinematography by Vincent Muller – Music by Casimir Liberski – Starring Jean-Paul Rouve, Annelise Hesme, Ludovic Berthillot, Julien Courbet,… – Produced par Canal+ (2009)

Before he inherited a manor from a distant cousin, M. Tanner was living a peaceful life. Since he decided to renovate it, everything is going wrong. Roofers, electricians, plumbers, everyone seems to have passed the word around to make his life a living hell… Freely inspired by Jean-Paul Dubois’ novel “Vous plaisantez, Monsieur Tanner”, “En chantier, Monsieur Tanner” tells a story of how to be left on your own, poor and ill when you are rich, loved, and healthy.

Screenplay by Stefan Liberski – Starring Jean-Paul Rouve, Francois Vincentelli, Audrey Marnay, Bouli Lanners – Photography by Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd – Music by Casimir Liberski – Produced by Artemis Productions – Distribution: Cinéart (2005)

Around John Deveau, lives a band composed of idle rich high society young people. To avoid tediousness, they have alcoholic, drug and soft sex parties. They also play a game called : To Make the Loser Fall Down. Once, Mimmo, who drives a taxi in order to pay for his acting lessons, gets in the Deveau’s bunker… Not knowing he is a perfect prey…

A film by Stefan Liberski – Cinematography by Gilles Bissot – Sounds by Sarah Gouret – Produced by Sienne Productions (2006).

If the beauty of the Belgian territorial banality is here a powerful medium of feelings and emotions, it is because rhythm, image and sound almost induce it to become storytelling.

La beauté de l’ordinaire (The Beauty of the Ordinary) was made by Stefan Liberski on the occasion of the 10th Venice Biennale.