Alexa Bakony

Alexa Bakony (she/her) is a Sundance DFP Fellow and Berlinale Talents alumna director from Budapest, Hungary. Her debut documentary, "Colors of Tobi," won the HBO Europe Development Award in 2020, the Mermaid Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 2021, the Premio Maguey at the Guadalajara Film Festival in 2021, and the Hungarian Film Critics Award in 2022. Her upcoming documentary "Highways of Hope" is supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures and also won the Best Doc in Progress Award from IETFA at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival in 2025. Bakony is currently studying at The New School in New York City as a Fulbright grantee.