Talk
Talks with Julia Fuhr Mann, Anggun Pradesha, and Anggraeni Widhiasih

Anggraeni Widhiasih (curator & film researcher) will be in conversation with film director Julia Fuhr Mann and artist-activist Anggun Pradesha after the film screening.

Fri, 11.10.2024
06:00 GoetheHaus Jakarta

The film Life Is Not a Competition but I'm Winning delves into overlooked aspects of athletes, sports competitions, and the body—elements that frequently go unnoticed by mainstream narratives. These subjects are explored uniquely through visual approaches, color palettes, and editing styles that are rarely seen in typical documentary films.

Following the screening, a discussion with the film’s director, Julia Fuhr Mann, will explore the production process, artistic decisions, and the film’s core themes. The conversation may touch upon the challenges of portraying marginalized bodies, rethinking the competitive nature of sports, and the impact of these artistic choices on the viewer’s experience.

Additionally, transgender artist and activist Anggun Pradesha will bring her perspective on body issues, touching on themes such as ownership, perception, intervention, anxiety, and more.

This conversation will be moderated by Anggraeni Widhiasih.

Julia Fuhr Mann
born 1987 in Germany, studied philosophy, literature and sociology. This was followed by 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 the film group Lust & Krise and is a member of the Queer Media Society.

Julia Fuhr Mann’s short film RIOT NOT DIET has been screened at more than 60 film festivals worldwide and has received numerous awards, including at the Hot Docs International Film Festival. Julia Fuhr Mann’s hybrid documentary Life is not a competition, but I’m winning, which revolves around the dissolution of gender stereotypes in sports, celebrated its world premiere in the Critics‘ Week of the Venice International Film Festival 2023 and was awarded the prize for best cinematography at the First Steps Awards in the same year.

Anggraeni Widhiasih
is a curator, writer, artist and researcher, editor of Visual Jalanan/Street Visuals. Since 2016 until 2022, as a member of the collective Forum Lenteng, she organized ARKIPEL – Jakarta Documentary & Experimental Film Festival.

She was the curator for the Candrawala program with Dhuha Ramadhani for ARKIPEL Homoludens in 2018. For ARKIPEL Bromocorah in 2019, Anggraeni was one of the board members who selected films to be included in the International Competition section of the festival. In 2020-2021 Widhiasih curated the Arthouse Cinema of the Goethe-Institut Indonesia. She is also active in Milisifilem, Forum Lenteng’s division of film production. She lives in Jakarta.

Anggun Pradesha
is an artist and activist in the field of transwomen & gender equality moving through different creative channels such as documentaries, writings, acting & visual art installation. Born in Jambi, she currently resides in Jakarta.

She was the Runner Up of Miss Transchool 2011 (an alternative school for transwomen arranged as an inclusive beauty contest). She was one of the members of the executive body of Sanggar Swara between 2011-2018, an organization for transgender and transsexual communities focusing on the empowerment programs in Jakarta. Anggun was one of the staff of a nation-wide project for reproductive health called PKBI between 2018-2021, focusing on inclusivity of transgender and transsexual communities.