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Babystar

Deutschland 2024/2025 Spielfilm

"Babystar" is the story of a young woman, Luca, who is an influencer since birth, as she is the product of the love of two influencers. Her whole growing up was shared on Social Media platforms. As she now is nearly an adult, her parents have to think of new business solutions and decide to have another child. Lucas' position is attacked and for the first time she reflects on her upbringing and tries to create a new life outside her family. She spirals into a deep emptiness and begins to realize how little of herself is truly left. After various attempts of living on her own fail, she returns home and witnesses the birth of her sister and decides to protect her from the childhood she herself had to live through.

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.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
 

Credits

Director

  • Joscha Bongard

Screenplay

  • Nicole Rüthers
  • Joscha Bongard

Director of photography

  • Jakob Sinsel

Editing

  • Emma Holzapfel
  • Wolfgang Purkhauser

Music

  • Jonas Vogler

Cast

  • Maja Bons
    Luca Sommer
  • Bea Brocks
    Stella Sommer
  • Liliom Lewald
    Chris Sommer
  • Joy Ewulu
    Julie
  • Verena Altenberger
  • Maximilian Mundt
  • Tiana Vanitha R.
    Lilly
  • Katharina Ley
    Sandra
  • Anton Egbers
    Mike
  • Josephin Kuhn
    Rosalie

Production company

  • LiseLotte Films GmbH (Ludwigsburg)

Producer

  • Lisa Purtscher
  • Lotta Schmelzer

Alle Credits

Director

  • Joscha Bongard

Assistant director

  • Nele Wesselow

Script supervisor

  • Frederike Lange (Script Supervisor)
  • Anastasia 'Ana' Nedeljkovic (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Nicole Rüthers
  • Joscha Bongard

Director of photography

  • Jakob Sinsel

Assistant camera

  • Moritz Vetter

Lighting design

  • Sascha Muschke

Production design

  • Felicitas Antonia Püls
  • Martha Inés Brenner

Property master

  • Bianca Bluhm

Stand-by props

  • Nick Scheufler
  • Janina Zlotos

Make-up artist

  • Carlotta Ohlhoff

Costume design

  • Stephanie Zurstegge
  • Joan Besch

Editing

  • Emma Holzapfel
  • Wolfgang Purkhauser

Sound editor

  • Samuel Krupke (Dialog-Schnitt)
  • Johann Meis (Dialog-Schnitt)

Dubbing editor

  • Hannes Berchtold

Sound design

  • Timo Klabunde
  • Marc Uhlherr
  • Timo Kleinemeier

Sound

  • Muhammet Can
  • Jan Heitland (Supervision)

Sound assistant

  • Maximilian Schieder
  • Jonathan Scheid

Synch sound

  • Cäcilie Willkommen

Foley artist

  • Elias Gürtler

Audio mixing

  • Jan Heitland
  • Frederic Hellmann

Casting

  • Lisa Stutzky
  • Andrea Rodríguez
  • Helena Zeppenfeldt

Music

  • Jonas Vogler

Cast

  • Maja Bons
    Luca Sommer
  • Bea Brocks
    Stella Sommer
  • Liliom Lewald
    Chris Sommer
  • Joy Ewulu
    Julie
  • Verena Altenberger
  • Maximilian Mundt
  • Tiana Vanitha R.
    Lilly
  • Katharina Ley
    Sandra
  • Anton Egbers
    Mike
  • Josephin Kuhn
    Rosalie
  • Julia Neidhardt
    Hebamme
  • Dario Scheffler
    Videograf
  • Christian A. Koch
    Lars
  • Leonard Burkhardt
    Lead Entwickler
  • Klara Stöve
    Luca Sommer (10 Jahre)
  • Esrah Ugurlu
    Betreuerin
  • Aki Tougiannidis
    Fahrer
  • Matthias Matschke
    Jurek
  • Alexander Schuster
    Jakob
  • Maria Matschke
    Marie

Production company

  • LiseLotte Films GmbH (Ludwigsburg)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Producer

  • Lisa Purtscher
  • Lotta Schmelzer

Producer (TV)

  • Melvina Kotios (ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Unit production manager

  • Anna Tzellou

Location manager

  • Hannah Buhr
  • Antonia Thurner (Motiv)
  • Linus Heinzler (Set)
  • Johannes Roß (Set)
  • Annika Reinker (Set)

Production coordinator

  • Bernhard Strobel

Funding

  • HessenFilm und Medien (Frankfurt am Main) (Nachwuchsförderung)
  • MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (Stuttgart)

Shoot

    • 15.08.2024 - 18.09.2024: Ludwigsburg, Sindelfingen, Stuttgart und Umgebung
Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 05.09.2025, Toronto, IFF - Discovery Sektion;
Erstaufführung (DE): 30.09.2025, Hamburg, Filmfest - Große Freiheit

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Babystar

Versions

Original

Duration:
98 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (CA): 05.09.2025, Toronto, IFF - Discovery Sektion;
Erstaufführung (DE): 30.09.2025, Hamburg, Filmfest - Große Freiheit

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/babystar_f60128c51a7445bf8cb028f9cab017c2