Screening of award-winning graduation film Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning by Julia Fuhr Mann.

There is hardly any other area of society where the binary gender system is upheld as much as in sport. The basis of physical high performance leads to binary categories, which Julia Fuhr Mann has made it her mission to undermine, both figuratively and literally. The basis of physical high performance leads to binary categories, which Julia Fuhr Mann has set herself the task of undermining, both figuratively and literally, with her documentary film. Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning is a visually stunning statement about breaking free from the norms of binary thinking.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion with director Julia Fuhr Mann, moderated by Dr. Maxa Zoller (Artistic Director, IFFF Dortmund+Köln).

Life Is Not a Competition, But I’m Winning
Director: Julia Fuhr Mann
DE 2023 | Documentary | 79′

The film will be shown in its original version with English and German subtitles.

Winning film National Competition for Women Directors of Photography at IFFF Dortmund+Köln 2024

Admission free.

For the »ifs Begegnung« Gender & Diversity program, ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln have collaborated to raise awareness of the work of female directors in the cultural sector and at film schools by combining their synergies. In order to stimulate discussion on the subject of gender and diversity, selected feature and documentary films as well as experimental works are regularly screened, and their makers introduced in a subsequent discussion.

A cooperation with ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and IFFF Dortmund+Köln as part of the Filmforum NRW e.V.