Three Kilometres to the End of the World

Little usually happens in the Romanian village where 17-year-old Adi grows up. No surprise, since it is on an island in the Danube delta, three kilometres from the mainland. That calm is rudely disrupted when Adi is beaten up one evening. His father suspects it has something to do with an outstanding debt he owes, but it soon turns out there is something very different going on: Adi has been abused for kissing a man. The violence soon fades into the background, as people in the ultra-conservative village are much more concerned about the gay scandal surrounding Adi. All the notables agree: something has to be done about this; can't the boy be “cured”?

Films with often minimal, stories firmly rooted in everyday reality - that's what the Romanian New Wave is all about. For over 25 years, countless, often award-winning films have emerged from it, such as this gay drama that won the Queer Palm at Cannes.