Babystar
Nominees and Awards
- ★ 2025 Toronto IFF
- ★ 22025 São Paulo IFF
Synopsis
Baby-faced 16-year-old Luca is the envy of every chronically online teen and, as the star of her parents’ family-oriented social-media empire, she has never had a day out of the limelight. The picture-perfect family enjoys—and lives off—the extravagant spoils of their brand deals and ad revenue, and is set to capitalize on Luca's personally trained AI model, a digital copy of her lucrative look. But when she learns she will not be an only child for much longer, Luca’s flawless smile begins to falter. As a new sibling—who would be similarly subjected to the cloying realities of social-media stardom—looms, Luca discerns that the life constructed around her is just as curated as her Instagram grid, and she starts violently rejecting the only world she knows.
Team
Director
Joscha BONGARD
Joscha BONGARD was born in Wolfsburg, Germany. His films include the shorts Young, Fragile (2020) and This Will Be My Last Cigarette (2021, with Alma Buddecke), and the feature-length documentary Pornfluencer (2022). Babystar (2025) is his feature debut.