Babystar
Once a month, the Goethe-Institut collaborates with the Cinémathèque québécoise to present a significant work of contemporary German cinema: fiction films, documentaries, bold and entertaining productions by established and emerging filmmakers.
In the presence of the filmmaker, Joscha Bongard
Quebec Premiere
Since birth, 16-year-old Luca has been the star of her parents’ influencer empire, her every milestone curated for millions of followers. When they announce plans for another child, Luca spirals into an emotional tailspin, rebelling against the role she’s been forced to play and realising how little of her life truly belongs to her. A biting satirical drama, Babystar explores the rise of kidfluencing and the children who become both product and commodity.
Joscha Bongard
Joscha Bongard is a German filmmaker. He worked in Cologne at the YouTube channel network TubeOne (now: We Are Era), which specializes in marketing and managing YouTubers. He then took on a position as a production assistant at the Berlin-based production company Iconoclast Germany before starting his studies in Directing for Film and TV at the Filmakademie in 2017. His short film Jung Fragil, a reflection on sexuality and masculinity, had its international premiere at the Riga International Film Festival in 2020. Verify Couple, a portrait of a young amateur porn couple, is his first feature-length documentary. It premiered at DOK.fest Munich in 2022. Babystar, his feature film debut, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025. It is now presented for the first time in Quebec at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
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