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