20 & 23 Apr 2007

Friday 20 April, at 18.00, Rio Dalston, 107 Kingsland High Street E8 2PB; Tel 020 7241 9410
Monday 23 April at 18.30, Cineworld West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, London E14 4AL; Box office 0871 200 2000
‘Transylvania’
105 min / France / 2006 / Directed, Produced and Screenplay by Tony Gatlif
Abandoned by a passionate Romanian musician who has left her pregnant, Zingarina (Asia Argento) ventures into the forbidding foreignness of Transylvania to track him down. She soon finds that although Roma life is rootless and unsettling it is also full of compassion and humanity. When events take an unexpected turn, Zingarina discovers that to be free she must cast off her past life and embrace the possibilities that come her way, the most enticing of which is Tchango (Birol Unel), an enigmatic traveller free of borders and home.

‘Transylvania’ is a haunting love-story, set in the hallucinatory landscapes of post-communist Romania. Directed by Tony Gatlif, (Best Director Award-winner Cannes 2004), this is a mysterious and compelling piece of filmmaking.
Followed by a Q&A with Tom Abell of Pecadillo Pictures

The East End Film Festival is overflowing with a fantastic range of films from around the globe, a host of local, national and international shorts, and some wicked special events and parties.
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