Kash Kash


Kash Kash by Lea Najjar
DEU 2022, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Jonas Schneider

Kash Kash by Lea Najjar
DEU 2022, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Jonas Schneider

Kash Kash by Lea Najjar
DEU 2022, Perspektive Deutsches Kino
© Jonas Schneider
Taking its cue from the rhythm of the beating of wings, this sensitive debut documentary observes a city in upheaval. It is told from the perspective of three passionate pigeon fanciers and a young girl struggling to one day let her own birds fly.
Crew
Director | Lea Najjar |
Screenplay | Lea Najjar, Alia Haju |
Cinematography | Jonas Schneider |
Editing | Tobias Wilhelmer |
Sound | Rayan Obeyd |
Sound Design | Frederic Hellmann |
Music | Samah Boulsmona, Farah Boulsmona & Kaddour |
Assistant Director | Alia Haju |
Producers | Matthias Drescher, Max Brunner |
Executive Producer | Matthias Drescher |
Co-Production |
Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg |
World Sales
Produced by
FFL Film- & Fernseh-Labor Ludwigsburg
Additional information
Winner of the First Steps Award 2022 (documentary)
Lea Najjar

Born in Vienna, Austria in 1994, she grew up in Lebanon and already began working as a press photographer during her schooldays. She first studied at the American University of Beirut before taking up a degree in documentary directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Kash Kash is her graduation film. It premiered at CPH:DOX 2022 in Copenhagen and has won prizes including the 2022 First Steps Award and the Golden Frog at the Camerimage film festival in Poland.
Filmography
2014 Madama Butterfly; short film 2015 Sara the Dancer; short film 2016 Es werde Licht (Let There Be Light); short film 2017 Iris; image film 2018 Happy Hours; short film · 22 Carat Love; short film 2022 Kash Kash
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023