Babystar

feature film - 98 min - 2025

Since the day she was born, 16-year-old Luca has lived at the center of attention – both online and offline. But when her influencer parents decide to have another child, she spirals into a deep emptiness and begins to realize how little of herself is truly left.
Babystar, a satirical drama, explores the phenomenon of family influencing and questions whether children are not only a product of their parents, but also their commodity.

Festivals

in cinemas soon - April 2026

Toronto International Film Festival - world premiere
Deutscher Kamerapreis - Nominierung Schnitt Nachwuchspreis
Zurich Film Festival | ZFF
Filmfest Hamburg
First Steps Award
Warsaw Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Filmschau Baden-Württemberg (Winner “Best Feature Film”) 
Max Ophüls Preis

Credits

Cast | Maja Bons, Bea Brocks, Liliom Lewald, Joy Ewulu, Maximilian Mundt, Verena Altenberger

Director | Joscha Bongard
Screenplay | Nicole Rüthers, Joscha Bongard
Production Company | LiseLotte Films GmbH
Producers | Lisa Purtscher, Lotta Schmelzer
Cinematography | Jakob Sinsel
Editors | Emma Holzapfel, Wolfgang Purkhauser
Music | Jonas Vogler
Production Design | Martha Brenner, Felicitas Püls
Costume Design | Carlotta Ohloff
Sound | Muhammet Can
Sound Supervision | Jan Eric Heitland

Co-Production | ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Funded by | MFG and HF&M