Baby Paradise Trilogy

The Baby Paradise Trilogy (2018-now) - consisiting of Baby Paradise, Baby Paradise TV & Sister Games - is a series of works that plays with trauma and taboo. The trilogy revolves around the controversial character of a "Barbie doll-playing prostitute" named Baby Paradise and portrays the life of this Cyborg Barbie in fragments and cycles. It is a feminist reflection on body politics, daddy issues and (fe)male* gaze - inspired by Anna Valeska Pohl's former relationship with a sex worker.

The Guardian (Observer) calls the first part of the trilogy a "must-see show".

Baby Paradise (1st part of the trilogy; "anti-peepshow", immersive performance installation, 90 min), premiere: 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK

Baby Paradise TV (2nd part of the trilogy; "cam girl nightmares", experimental short, 12 min), screenings (selection): 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK; 2021 Deep Cut Film Festival, Canada; Body Contacts, Raum für Drastische Maßnahmen Berlin; 2023 Re:Frame Debut Film Festival Vienna, Austria; awards: 2022 Los Angeles Underground Film Forum (Honorable Mention), 2022 Blow Up Arthouse Film Festival Chicago (Semi-Finalist)

Sister Games (3rd part of the trilogy; "two prostitutes in a trailer", narrative short, 28 min)

Director: Anna Valeska Pohl

Performer (Baby Paradise / Baby Paradise TV): Anna Valeska Pohl

Performers (Sister Games): Carmen Lafran, Anna Valeska Pohl