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Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning

2023-1h 19min
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5.5 / 10 3

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.

Directed by Julia Fuhr Mann

Writers Julia Fuhr Mann

Stars Annet Negesa Amanda Reiter Caitlin Fisher

Videos

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Official Trailer

Cast

Annet Negesa's picture in the cast

Annet Negesa

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Amanda Reiter's picture in the cast

Amanda Reiter

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Caitlin Fisher's picture in the cast

Caitlin Fisher

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Daniel Marin Medina's picture in the cast

Daniel Marin Medina

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Chun Mei Tan's picture in the cast

Chun Mei Tan

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Eva Maria Jost's picture in the cast

Eva Maria Jost

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Jakob Levi Stahlberg's picture in the cast

Jakob Levi Stahlberg

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Oumou Aidara's picture in the cast

Oumou Aidara

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Greta Graf's picture in the cast

Greta Graf

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