Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning

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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
  • Release Date: 2023-12-14
  • Runtime: 79 min
  • Country: Germany
  • Language: German
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 5.5
Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning poster