'Transylvania' - tagged features

Sighisoara a small town in the heart of Transylvania is one of Europe's best preserved medieval fortresses attracting many tourists - especially during summer. The annual Medieval Festival is perhaps one of the best times to visit - and to enjoy three days of historic celebrations, open air theaters, folk concerts and knight parades. 

There is so much picturesque mythology surrounding the Roma - or gypsy - people, that cinema seems to find it hard to treat the theme without being seduced into showing singing and dancing round the camp fire.... even when the director is "one of them" - like Tony Gatlif, who was born to Algerian and Spanish-gypsy parents. "Transylvania", which is Gatliff's second film centered on the Romanian Roma, was the closing piece at this year's Cannes film festival. Radio Romania International reports from the city of Cluj on the "Transylvania International Film Festival" where, naturally, Gatliffs new film featured prominently.