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Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning

2023-12-14
5.5
de 79m
Documentary
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.

Director

Julia Fuhr Mann

Writer

Julia Fuhr Mann

Co-Producer

Melissa Byrne

Director of Photography

Caroline Spreitzenbart

Editor

Merit Giesen

Sound

Cornelia Böhm

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • Schuldenberg Films
  • ZDF
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

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