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Playfully led by trio Maika Monroe, Emma Corrin, and Nicholas Galitzine, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO is a stylish, period-set fantasy adorned w ... more
MOVIE EPIC! Arguably one of the greatest films ever made, over 50 years ago director Stanley Kubrick released his ground-breaking sci-fi epic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The seminal classic has since been fully restored so a new generation of Novagoers can di ... more
RESTORATION! Directed by master anime filmmaker Momoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), ANGEL'S EGG is a rediscovered gem of the Japanese animation genre. ... more
BACKROOMS: EVERYTHING MUST GO edition comes with a new, previously unseen 16-minute post-credits sequence of entirely new footage Based on the web series which took the world by storm, Kane Parsons makes his feature debut with BACKROOMS, a psychological h ... more
Winner of the Silver Bear at Berlin, THE BLUE TRAIL is a beautifully shot adventure through the heart of the Amazon. In a not-so-distant dystopian future, where the government relocates the elderly to isolated colonies under the guise of boosting the econ ... more
40th ANNIVERSARY! A psychological horror starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern, David Lynch's acclaimed 1986 neo-noir has been called 'a masterpiece' by both fans and critics. The discovery of a severed human ear foun ... more
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The adult entertainment industry epic that not only identified director Paul Thomas Anderson as the ... more
Set against the backdrop of the gilets jaunes protests, Case 137 is a gripping, socially-charged thriller from Dominik Moll (The Night of the 12th). Stéphanie (Léa Drucker), an investigator at the French National Police General Inspectorate (IGPN), is as ... more
CatVideoFest is a hilarious, family friendly, feature length compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours ... more
The latest film from one of cinema’s most prolific directors, Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag, Ocean’s Eleven), THE CHRISTOPHERS is a richly comedic exploration of art and legacy led by a magnetic paring of Ian McKel ... more
Moving between contemporary Normandy and the final years of the 19th century, COLOURS OF TIME is a French drama that brings together family, history, and artistic curiosity. When four estranged cousins inherit a long-abandoned house in Normandy, their in ... more
After almost twenty years, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci return for THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2. ... more
From singular, once in a generation talent, Steven Spielberg comes DISCLOSURE DAY; an original sci-fi blockbuster led by Josh O’Connor (Challengers), Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada), Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Colman Domingo (Sing Sing). ... more
Set in the remote mountains of the Philippines, Sister Yolanda (Ruby Ruiz) leads a peaceful existence at a convent in northern Luzon, helping the sick and dying at a local hospital. But when she reads a young man his last rites following a construction ac ... more
REMEMBERING SAM NEILL. To celebrate the career of one of Australia's favourite 'adopted sons', Cinema Nova screens cult favourite IN ... more
MEET THE FILMMAKER FAN EVENT: Saturday August 22, 4:10pm. Join filmmaker Adrian Chiarella and star Stacey Clausen for a post-film Q&A followed by photo opportunity and signing in cinema. Adrian Chiarella directs acclaimed supernatural thriller LEVITICUS, ... more
Screening as part of the Oslo Trilogy (LOVE, SEX, and DREAMS) Dag Johan Haugerud’s thematically connected films are reminiscent of Krzysztof Kieślowski Three Colours' Trilogy. Marianne (Andrea Bræin Hovig), a doctor, and Tor (Tayo Cittadella Jacobse ... more
The band’s getting back together! Matt Johnson (Blackberry) and Jay McCarrol stars as fictionalised versions of themselves in time-travel mockumentary NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE. ... more
Curry Barker’s theatrical debut OBSESSION is a darkly romantic supernatural horror, led by an incredible performance from Inde Navarrette. Baron ‘Bear’ Bailey (Michael Johnston) is in love with his childhood friend Nikki (Navarrette), who he works with, ... more
A sci-fi adventure epic from Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie, 22 Jump Street), PROJECT HAIL MARY stars Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller. ... more
This feature documentary from Fiona Cochrane (Whoopee Blues) charts Rod Quantock’s five-decade career and his tireless efforts to communicate the perils of neoliberalism and the urgency of climate change through humour. His journey illustrates the buildin ... more
In this irresistably witty mystery, shepherd George (Hugh Jackman) reads detective novels to his beloved flock every night, assuming they couldn't possibly understand him. ... more
Exploring the deep connections between humans and nature, SILENT FRIEND centres on a centuries-old Gingko tree planted within the grounds of a German university across 3 distinct time periods; 1908, 1972 and 2020. ... more
Best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) are train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. When a catastrophic “Stormaganza” threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Florid ... more
RESTORATION! A film by Yasujiro Ozu, TOKYO STORY is quite simply one of the finest films ever made. Listed at ... more
A political thriller about the behind-the-scenes rise of Vladimir Putin, THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN stars Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, and Jude Law. In the early 1990’s, the aftermath of the USSR’s collapse made Russia both a space of chaos and filled with ... more
