Documentary
Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
5.5
79 min
2023
Julia Fuhr Mann
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.
Top Cast
Annet Negesa
Self
Amanda Reiter
Self
Caitlin Fisher
Self
Daniel Marin Medina
Self
Chun Mei Tan
Self