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Sarah Leininger is a photographer and aspiring director with a passion for storytelling through film and photography. Born in 2001 and raised in southern Germany, she is currently studying Communication Design at FH Aachen, with an academic focus on gender representation in media through her studies at Stockholm University.
Sarah’s work spans documentary filmmaking, commercial campaigns, and artistic photography. She has contributed to projects such as the Bluemoon Animal Center image film, an exhibition on diversity at FH Aachen, and various independent short films, including Svegol and Ukrilja. Her directorial and production experience extends to interview series and music videos, like Matrosen by Lupo Band.
Beyond her creative work, Sarah has been actively involved in political and environmental causes. She has campaigned for public transport reform, worked with Fridays for Future, and even run for state parliament in Stuttgart. Additionally, she has engaged in voluntary projects, from food-sharing initiatives to tutoring and activism.
In her free time, Sarah explores hands-on creative pursuits like sewing, knitting, and tattooing. With a sharp eye for visual storytelling and a commitment to impactful narratives, she continues to push boundaries in film, photography, and design.
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Sarah Leininger is a photographer and aspiring director with a passion for storytelling through film and photography. Born in 2001 and raised in southern Germany, she is currently studying Communication Design at FH Aachen, with an academic focus on gender representation in media through her studies at Stockholm University.
Sarah’s work spans documentary filmmaking, commercial campaigns, and artistic photography. She has contributed to projects such as the Bluemoon Animal Center image film, an exhibition on diversity at FH Aachen, and various independent short films, including Svegol and Ukrilja. Her directorial and production experience extends to interview series and music videos, like Matrosen by Lupo Band.
Beyond her creative work, Sarah has been actively involved in political and environmental causes. She has campaigned for public transport reform, worked with Fridays for Future, and even run for state parliament in Stuttgart. Additionally, she has engaged in voluntary projects, from food-sharing initiatives to tutoring and activism.
In her free time, Sarah explores hands-on creative pursuits like sewing, knitting, and tattooing. With a sharp eye for visual storytelling and a commitment to impactful narratives, she continues to push boundaries in film, photography, and design.
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sarah.leininger@alumni.fh-aachen.de
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Film/ Documentary
KARAMS DREAM, 2024-ongoing
DOCUMENTARY
This independent short-form documentary follows a young filmmaker's global journey to reunite her family through grief and forgiveness. It tells the story of a non-traditional family separated by distance and culture, yet bound together by enduring love and a deep desire for mutual understanding. https://sarah-leininger.com/8/
MS PRESIDENT, 2024-2025
INTERVIEWS
Amid the chaos of Oktoberfest's beer-soaked revelry, interviews about the U.S. presidential election create a hilariously absurd contrast. With steins in hand and questionable focus, festivalgoers provide unfiltered—and often incoherent—takes on global politics, blending international celebration with unexpected political commentary.
Screening on instagram @anotherfilmteam.
https://youtu.be/jVaAbq_nasg?si=L2kX36Cjj76O0ZPf
BLUEMOON, 2024
DOCUMENTARY
The Bluemoonfarm and clinic is the only thing close to an animal shelter and vet in central Egypt. For 20 years, these facilities have been neutering/sterilizing street animals, caring for and rehoming sick, orphaned or abandoned kittens and training veterinarians.
https://sarah-leininger.com/7/
MY MOMS PATIENTS, 2024
DOCUMENTARY
Karen is the longest-serving nurse at the social care center and a true cornerstone of her profession. Her unique way of connecting with patients creates bonds that often extend beyond her work. Karen always wanted to write down the stories of the people she worked with and accompanied until the end so she paired up with her daughter Sarah, to capture those old souls. In this project, Karen interviews "her" patients about their lives. Through these conversations, a special closeness emerges, defined by trust, warmth, and mutual respect.
Photography
(ANI)MALE GAZE, 2025
PHOTOGRAPHY
A photographic exhibition comparing the view on women men and dogs by changing appearances. The outfits base on filmtheoretical characters of women, which portray a women in one certain way like the nice next door neighbour girl, the dream pixie girl, the devouted houswife, the trophywife etc.
ST.RAFAEL, 2024
PHOTOGRAPHY, EDITORIAL, EXHIBITION
Portrayal of caregivers and caretakers in the retirement home St.Rafael. As a group of six students, we portraited around 60 people in a near residency home. The work climate there is quiet unique and their interviews tell a lot about the loving work of caretaking.
ANNÄHERUNG, 2023-2024
PHOTOGRAPHY
The project Annäherung is approaching to the topic of menstruation. Annäherung is German for approach and getting closer/ warming up to something. The topic of menstruation is so repressed and silent that it needs a social approach. It needs to be approached until the last person no longer says “If tampons should be free, so should condoms.”
https://sarah-leininger.com/5/
SUPPER - IN PROGRESS, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographic Editorial on foodwaste of supermarkets. Cooperating with the organization foodsharing we safed the portrayed food and shared it after. The project portrays fruits and vegetables cut open to show the good conditions on the inside.
Exhibition design
BEYOND LABELS, 2022-2024
INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION, EDITORIAL, PHOTOGRAPHY
An Exhibition on an university by portrayals of its individuals. The inspiration for this exhibition and publication came out of the desire to let students and employees tell their personal stories and allow a glimpse behind the “labels” that we assign on a daily basis. The diversity exhibition and publication were independently developed, organized and implemented by a team of four students.
https://sarah-leininger.com/6/