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Colors of Tobi (Alexa Bakony, 2021) + Short (Brick Head)

  • CCA Glasgow 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3JD United Kingdom (map)

Scottish Premiere; Winner of the Jury Prize at the Guadalajara Film Festival; World Premiere at the BFI Flare 2021

Wheelchair accessible, English subtitles, SDH captions, Pay-what-you-can tickets (£0-£8)

This timely debut documentary by Alexa Bakony follows transgender teenager Tobi and his family in a small Hungarian village. His mother, Eva, is supportive of her son but battles against her own grief of ‘losing’ the daughter she had had and the immense transphobia both within their local community and the wider world.

Content notes: transphobic language.

Curated by Harriet Idle


Trailer


dIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Poster for the film Colors of Tobi. A teenager with purple hair and lip piercings is hugging their mother from behind. The mother is wearing a blue hoodie and has short hair and glasses. Both are smiling.

Alexa Bakony (she/her) studied documentary filmmaking at the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest (SZFE). The main focus of her films is on close relationships between loved ones and family members.


A young man in a red shirt and a young woman wearing a blue sweatshirt are looking at each other through a window pane in a dark building with fluorescent lamps.

Short: Brick Head (Alexis Manenti, Serbia, 2022)

In an Eastern European town, a young gang leader is terrorizing his neighbourhood. He forces everyone to carry a brick as a sign of submission. One day, an adolescent humiliated by the tyrant decides to fight back.

Content notes: depictions of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence
Access notes: sudden loud noises

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