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? In this powerful documentary, a collective of queer athletes enters the Olympic Stadium in Athens to honour those who were excluded from standing on the podium. They meet Amanda Reiter, a trans marathon runner battling the prejudices of sports organizers, and Annet Negesa, an 800-metre runner pressured by international sports federations to undergo hormone-altering surgery. Together, the athletes create a radical utopia to challenge the rigid gender rules of competitive sports and envision a more inclusive future.

Queer feminist filmmaker Julia Fuhr Mann (Riot Not Diet) uses a blend of archival footage, fictional narrative, and reimagined recordbreaking sporting events to offer a triumphant exploration of the achievements, challenges, and legacies of Olympic champions, including intersex Ugandan runner Annet Negesa, intersex Polish-American track and field athlete Stella Walsh, and American sprinter Wilma Rudolph.