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.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

A

Annet Negesa

Self

A

Amanda Reiter

Self

C

Caitlin Fisher

Self

D

Daniel Marin Medina

Self

C

Chun Mei Tan

Self

Eva Maria Jost

Self

J

Jakob Levi Stahlberg

Self

O

Oumou Aidara

Self

G

Greta Graf

Self

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