Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events

THE COMEBACK TOUR (Fri Apr 24 - Sun Apr 26) To celebrate the runaway success of Matt Johnson’s time-travel homage, tickets include a poster and badge. Join us for limited back-to-back screenings of the film with BACK TO THE FUTURE! (Please note that these ... more

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Event Screenings! Thomas, a young oddball millionaire without any friends, sobers up a homeless drunk, Deacon, in ... more

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Saturday April 18, 6.45pm. Join us for a post-film Q&A with co-directors Chris Broadbent and Enzo Tedeschi, producer Helen Tuck and cast member Brooke Blurton. Emily (Kylah Day), a young Indigenous woman unwittingly reactivates a gener ... more

ANZAC DAY SCREENING: Saturday April 25, 1.15pm. Special Screening of UNDER A BAMBOO SKY with discounted tickets for one day only! A tale of human connection, hope and resilience in the face of great tragedy, UNDER A BAMBOO SKY tells the unbelievable story ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 23 Apr 2026

Encore screenings by popular demand! The 24,000 km Trans Canada Trail stretches across the continent of North America, connecting the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans. It is the longest trail in the world. For six years filmmaker Dianne Whelan traveled ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 23 Apr 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday April 19, 4.00pm. Join us for a post-film Q&A, introduced by Lou Wall, followed by a conversation with writer/director James Litchfield and producer Lucinda Reynolds, hosted by Kinotopia's Andy Goode. An isolated couple lose con ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 23 Apr 2026

KOKO RECOMMENDS! RESTORATION! Nova's Film Club host Koko presents Harmony Korine's directorial debut, which shocked audiences and critics in 1997, two years after Larry Clark's incendiary Kids, written by Korine, took the world by storm. ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 24 Apr 2026

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE ‘The Comeback Tour’ Event Screenings To celebrate the runaway success of Matt Jonshon’s time-travel homage, we’ll be running limited back-to-back screenings of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE and BACK TO THE FUTUR ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 26 Apr 2026

SAVE THE DATE! Alien Day is here. April 26 celebrates planet LV-426 as where the Xenomorph creatures were first discovered. Original Theatrical Cut re-release! Ridley Scott’s ambitious modern classic blends science fiction, horror and groundbreaking spec ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 30 Apr 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday April 21, 6.50pm. Join filmmaker Warwick Thornton and star Deb Mailman for a post-film Q&A. From acclaimed Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah) comes WOLFRAM, a spiritual follow-up to ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 30 Apr 2026

From Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg comes IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY, a touching look at a life and legacy of a life cut tragically short. When young star Jeff Buckley released his first album ‘Grace’, he’d taken the world by storm. After ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Super green! Luc Besson's visually spectacular intergalactic adventure THE FIFTH ELEMENT returns to Cinema Nova for a five-star fifth of the fifth screening event. Since its debut in 1997 THE FIFTH ELEMENT has gone on to become a cult favourite thanks to ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER Q&A: Friday May 8, 6.40pm. Join documentary subject Mark Sowerby for a post-film Q&A. Mark Sowerby’s life was upended in 2018 when a highly publicised short-selling attack on Blue Sky dismantled his reputation, identity, and self-belief ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 8 May 2026

Save The Date – International Day of the Donkey. Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski directs one of the most acclaimed films of the year, EO, following a donkey who encounters all manner of people while journeying through modern Europe. ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday May 12, 6.00pm. Join director Zoe Pepper and stars Maria Angelico and Travis Jeffery for a post-film Q&A. Moderated by Flick Ford (RRR). Evicted and jobless, 30-something Cory (Travis Jeffery) and his heavily pregnant wife Jasm ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 22 May 2026

KOKO RECOMMENDS! RESTORATION! Nova Film Club host Koko presents Cate Shortland's feature debut starring Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington and Lynette Curran in a gothic Australian drama of a young woman who settles in a small mountain community after fleeing ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026

Q&A SCREENING: Wednesday May 13, 6.30pm. Experience the film at our special virtual Q&A with author Helen Macdonald on 13 May, before it hits cinemas on 28 May. Not to be missed! Based on a true story and a memoir of the same name, H IS FOR HAWK is a soar ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 14 Jul 2026

SAVE THE DATE! Bastille Day Screening: Tuesday 14 July, 6.50pm. Vive la France! This Bastille Day, we’re playing the classic French whimsical romantic comedy! Enjoy a sparkling wine on arrival. Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) lives in Paris, and in a world ... more