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WHAT THE FEST 2! Ken Russell (The Devils, Women In Love) directs ALTERED STATES, an experimental surrealist sci-fi horror from 1980 starring William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban and Drew Barrymore. Hurt stars as Harvard professor Edward Jessup, who exp ... 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
RESTORATION! Everyone's given one special thing...
The adult entertainment industry epic that not only identified director Paul Thomas Anderson as the ... more
35th ANNIVERSARY! Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Ice Cube (Friday), and Angela Bassett (Strange Days) deliver breakout performances in writer-director John Singleton’s Oscar-nominated drama set within Los Angeles' gang culture, BOYZ N THE HOOD. Tre (G ... more
EVENT SCREENINGS! A star-making performance by Timothee Chalamet, sunny Italian settings and nostalgic needle-drops combine to create sublime cinema. Cinema Nova’s audience embraced the film so thoroughly that the theatre out-grossed not only entire count ... 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
EXCLUSIVE! Oscar-nominee Kristen Stewart makes her feature debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER an unflinching portrait of womanhood, survival, and artistry, adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir. ... 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
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. Johanne (Ella Øverbye) documents her intense crush on her French teac ... more
In the spirit of A Dog's Purpose and The Story of Hachiko comes GOHAN, a Thai drama about the intense bond between humans and animals. A stray dog is discovered outside a convenience store by a Japanese man living in Thailand. Naming the pup Gohan (the J ... more
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Saturday August 29, 12:50pm. Join us for a live virtual Q&A with filmmaker Gregg Araki. Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation) is back with I WANT YOUR SEX, a fresh, fun, and sexy look at art and murder, led by Olivia W ... more
WHAT THE FEST 2! David Lynch's surreal psychological thriller returns to the cinema screen fully restored. Defying simple explanation, it has been called both a masterpiece and an enigma. The last feature completed by the filmmaker, Lynch also acted ... 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
Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY adapts Homer’s foundational saga to create an epic all-star drama in his signature Oscar-winning style. Matt ... more
NOVA EXCLUSIVE! Veneno (Victor Prieto Simental), a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco (Osvaldo Sanchez), a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself, and convinces ... more
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Wednesday September 2, 6.20pm Join us for a live, virtual post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Annemarie Jacir. In 1936, as villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf moves between his rural home and ... 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
Led by a career-best performance from Matthew McConaughey, THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING is a crowd-pleasing story about honey, family, and music, with a knockout debut performance from Angela LookingGlass. ... 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
Veteran Australian journalist Tony Jones’ directorial debut SENTIENT explores the moral, emotional, and clinical complexities around animal testing. A passionate primatologist, Dr Lisa Jones-Engel, a former animal tester turned animal welfare advocate, s ... more
WHAT THE FEST 2! From The Wachowskis comes one of the most underrated films of the 21st century, SPEED RACER. Based on the classic Japanese anime series from the 1960s, Emile Hirsch is Speed; an eighteen year old race car driver aspiring to become the wor ... 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
