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Release Date:
December 14, 2023
Original Title:
Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Schuldenberg Films
ZDF
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
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.
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Co-Producer:
Katya Mader
Melissa Byrne
Costume Design:
Angela Queins
Director:
Julia Fuhr Mann
Director of Photography:
Caroline Spreitzenbart
Editor:
Merit Giesen
Melanie Jilg
Producer:
Fabian Altenried
Sophie Ahrens
Kristof Gerega
Production Design:
Mireia Vila Soriano
Sonja Schreiber
Sound:
Cornelia Böhm
Writer:
Julia Fuhr Mann
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