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, 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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

79 min

Cast:

Annet Negesa, Amanda Reiter, Caitlin Fisher

Quality:

HD

Director:

Julia Fuhr Mann

Release:

2023

Country:

Germany

Rating:

5.6