Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning (2023)
Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
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.
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Annet Negesa
as Self
as Self
Amanda Reiter
as Self
as Self
Caitlin Fisher
as Self
as Self
Daniel Marin Medina
as Self
as Self
Chun Mei Tan
as Self
as Self
Eva Maria Jost
as Self
as Self
Jakob Levi Stahlberg
as Self
as Self
Oumou Aidara
as Self
as Self
Greta Graf
as Self
as Self
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Julia Fuhr Mann
Director
Director
Julia Fuhr Mann
Writer
Writer
Melissa Byrne
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Caroline Spreitzenbart
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Merit Giesen
Editor
Editor
Cornelia Böhm
Sound
Sound
Mireia Vila Soriano
Production Design
Production Design
Sophie Ahrens
Producer
Producer
Angela Queins
Costume Design
Costume Design
Fabian Altenried
Producer
Producer
Katya Mader
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Melanie Jilg
Editor
Editor
Kristof Gerega
Producer
Producer
Sonja Schreiber
Production Design
Production Design
