BACKSTAGED //2026
BACKSTAGED is one of eight episodes in “GIGA 8,” a collaboration between the Class for Moving Image at the University of the Arts Berlin and the Fashion Design Department at Burg Giebichenstein Halle. Co-directed by Mika Baum and Philipp Conrads in close collaboration with fashion designer Mira Lu Haselhof, the film stars Gigi Spelsberg as Superstar GIGA.
When GIGA enters the backstage area to rest, her private retreat quickly becomes a space of exposure. Drawing from reality TV, behind-the-scenes formats, and gossip culture, the film reflects on society's hunger to consume vulnerability. It examines how privacy erodes under continuous visibility, turning a intended refuge into another stage where the public and private collapse.
Starring: Gigi Spelsberg
Concept, Production & Direction:
Philipp Conrads & Mika Baum
Cinematography: Tim Bieker
1st AC: Amélie-Solène Jörns
2nd AC: Carlota Toro Yassine
1st AD: Sonny Gold
Production Assistants: Bendix Feldstein
Anja Rudzindki, Tobias Scholze
Gaffer: Fynn Bonke
Lighting Assistants: Yaheb Kübler, Gustav Echterhoff
Fashion Design: Mira Lu Haselow
Styling Assistant: Magdalena Jocic
Set Design: Teresa Heiß
Sound Recordist: Laurin Bechert
Photography: Niko Androbik
Backstage Protagonists:
Luna Rohmann, Anaïs Bolkenberg, Dinga Christian Fohtung, Leo Knur
Edit: Emma Holzapfel
Sound Design: 86 Tales
Colourist: Florian Staerk
Music: Michael Mayer, Jürgen Paape with kind support of Kompakt Records
Supported by: SEC Studio, See You Rental, Props by Good Old Goods
Location: Markus Nikolaus,
Tarjani Schaefer at Delphi Lux
Technical Supervision:
Martin Pflüger
Academic Supervision:
Prof. Stini Roehrs – Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
Prof. Lars Paschke – Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle