Alexandra Genova

Alexandra Genova is a Bafta award-winning filmmaker and journalist whose work explores culture, identity and place. She has written for publications including The Week, The Guardian, Time, National Geographic, The New York Times, Al Jazeera and The Economist, contributing long-form features and visual storytelling across travel and culture. She holds a master’s degree in magazine journalism from City, University of London. Alexandra has reported widely across the UK, Europe, Africa and the US and is particularly drawn to stories rooted in local tradition, folklore and community, exploring how people shape, and are shaped by, the places they call home.