Sabrina Sarabi was born in Kassel on 27 August 1982. From 2003 to 2007 she studied theatre, film and television studies in Utrecht (Netherlands), and subsequently screenwriting and directing at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts. Her short feature film "Spiel aus Glas" ("Game of Glass", 2009) was named short film of the month by the Wiesbadener Filmbewertungsstelle (German federal authority for evaluating and rating film and media) and won the Anec Award at the Giffoni Film Festival (Italy). Her 20-minute graduation film "Weisse Nacht" ("White Night", 2012) was screened at various international festivals, including the Brno International Short Film Festival (Czech Republic) and the Molodist Festival in Kiev (Ukraine).  

In the summer of 2017 Sarabi shot her first feature-length film: "Prélude", about a student (Louis Hofmann) at a music conservatory who threatens to break due to pressure to perform. The film celebrated its premiere at the Munich Film Festival in June 2019 and had its theatrical release in August of the same year.