Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning (2023)

  • NR
  • 09/03/2023 (DE)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 19m

Overview

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, a 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.

Julia Fuhr Mann

Director, Writer

Cast

Annet Negesa's headshot

Annet Negesa

Self
Amanda Reiter's headshot

Amanda Reiter

Self
Caitlin Fisher's headshot

Caitlin Fisher

Self
Daniel Marin Medina's headshot

Daniel Marin Medina

Self
Chun Mei Tan's headshot

Chun Mei Tan

Self
Eva Maria Jost's headshot

Eva Maria Jost

Self
Jakob Levi Stahlberg's headshot

Jakob Levi Stahlberg

Self
Oumou Aidara's headshot

Oumou Aidara

Self

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