(Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning)

Content: If history is written by the victors, where does that leave those who were never allowed to be part of the game? A collective of queer athletes enters the Olympic Stadium in Athens and sets out to honour those who were excluded from standing on the winners’ podium. They meet Amanda Reiter, a trans* marathon runner who has to struggle with the prejudices of sports organisers, and Annet Negesa, an 800m runner who was urged by the international sports federations to undergo hormone-altering surgery. Together they create a radical poetic utopia far from the rigid gender rules found in competitive sports.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

79 minutes

Year:

2023

Directors:

Julia Fuhr Mann

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Production companies:

Schuldenberg Films,

ZDF,

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Actors:

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Sound

Editor