Transylvania Tapes: Found footage horror movie filmed in Romania has local premiere at Biertan festival

13 August 2026 Transylvania Tapes, a mix of the found footage and Eurohorror genres directed by filmmaker Brad Sykes, will have its Romanian premiere at the Lună Plină/ Full Moon Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Biertan on August 16. The film, shot entirely in Bucharest and Sighisoara, follows Mara Enescu, a young woman in her 30s who travels from Los Angeles to her home country of Romania to discover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in Transylvania years ago. Together with a cameraman friend, she journeys from Bucharest “to the birthplace of Dracula himself.” The movie, produced by Josephina Sykes, stars newcomer Valeria Badiuc (in opening photo) as well as Gabriel Spahiu, who recently had roles in Radu Jude’s Kontinental '25 and Dracula, and Ion Haiduc, recently seen in Tran