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LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I’M WINNING

    LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I’M WINNING

    When

    12/07/2024    
    20:00

    Where

    The Library
    Ditcho Petrov 7, Smolyan

    Event Type

    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 sets out to honour those who were excluded from the winners’ podium. Together they create a radical utopia far from the rigid gender rules in competitive sports.

     

    Germany, 2023, 79 min., German, English with Bulgarian and English subtitles

     

    Director: Julia Fuhr Mann

    Scriptwriter: Julia Fuhr Mann

    DOP: Caroline Spreitzenbart

    Music: Cornelia Böhm

    Production: Sophie Ahrens, Fabian Altenried, Kristof Gerega

     

    Director’s Biography

    Julia Fuhr Mann, born 1987, studied philosophy, literature and sociology. This was followed by documentary film studies at the University of Television and Film Munich. Julia Fuhr Mann worked as a curator for the feminist film festival Bimovie, co-founded a queer feminist film network and is part of the Queer Media Society. Julia Fuhr Mann’s short film RIOT NOT DIET has been screened at over 60 film festivals worldwide (including Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival) and has won numerous awards. At the moment Julia Fuhr Mann is working on her debut film, a queer revenge fantasy on patriarchy.