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COLORS OF TOBI

TOBI SZÍNEI

By Alexa BAKONY

FILM FEST GENT - as FEST

LGBT - Completed 2021

Eva, a protective mother of a transgender teenager has mixed feelings as her child, Tobias struggles not only with his gender identity but also with who he is as a person. An emotional, years-long journey about releasing, accepting - and finding yourself.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- LGBT, Documentary
- Countries
- HUNGARY
- Languages
- HUNGARIAN
- Duration
- 81 mn
- Director(s)
- Alexa BAKONY
- Cast
- Tóbiás Benjamin TUZA, Éva Ildikó TUZA, Zoltán TUZA
- Producer(s)
- Gábor OSVÁTH
- Synopsis
- There is a tiny village in Hungary, where Éva and her family live. Her 16-year-old child recently came out as transgender and lives by his chosen name of Tobi. After the initial shock, the whole family comes together to support him. However, Éva is quietly suffocating from the idea of losing the girl she was raising. Tobi is determined to become a man biologically all while he struggles growing up. Éva is trying hard to be the mother her son needs while Tobi starts questioning the boundaries he set up for himself as a transgender man. 'Colors of Tobi' is an emotional tale of releasing and accepting.