Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
79 mins
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.
Julia Fuhr Mann
Director
Julia Fuhr Mann
Writer
Melissa Byrne
Co-Producer
Caroline Spreitzenbart
Director of Photography
Merit Giesen
Editor
Cornelia Böhm
Sound
Mireia Vila Soriano
Production Design
Sophie Ahrens
Producer
Angela Queins
Costume Design
Fabian Altenried
Producer
Katya Mader
Co-Producer
Melanie Jilg
Editor
Kristof Gerega
Producer
Sonja Schreiber
Production Design