Anniversary Party & Restorations
Experience the best films of decades past with Cinema Nova’s Anniversary Party screenings: a line-up of acclaimed or underrated films celebrating anniversaries this year. Cinema Nova is your go-to destination in Melbourne for a stimulating selection of retrospectives celebrating the best of cinema on the big screen.
40TH ANNIVERSARY! Directed by master anime filmmaker Momoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), ANGEL'S EGG is a rediscovered gem of the Japanese animation genre. ... more
RESTORATION! Directed by René Laloux (Fantastic Planet), THE TIME MASTERS (Les Maîtres du temps) is a spectacular intergalactic adventure filled ... more
35th ANNIVERSARY! Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including two Best Actress nominations for stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, Best Director for Scott, and a win for Best Original Screenplay, THELMA & LOUISE follows two best friends on a life-changing ... more
Labyrinth
Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Jan 2026
40TH ANNIVERSARY! From legendary director Jim Henson, screenwriter Terry Jones, designer Brian Froud, and musician David Bowie comes and unforgettable fantasy adventure. When the teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wishes for her young, crying brother to b ... more
I Am Eleven
Opening Date: Thursday, 22 Jan 2026
15TH ANNIVERSARY! Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey travelled the world for six years talking with 11-year-olds to compose this insightful, funny and moving documentary portrait of childhood. From an orphanage in India, to a single-parent household in ... more
Marathon Man
Opening Date: Thursday, 29 Jan 2026
50TH ANNIVERSARY! John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) directs Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Scheider in the suspense thriller MARATHON MAN, adapted by William Goldman (All the President’s Men, The Princess Bride) from his novel. Thomas "B ... more
Josie and the Pussycats
Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Feb 2026
25TH ANNIVERSARY! A cult-classic pop-culture satire, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS features an all-star 2000s cast including Rachiel Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Parker Posey, and Alan Cumming, and an infectious original soundtrack. Josie (Cook), Mel ... more
Silence of the Lambs, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 12 Feb 2026
35TH ANNIVERSARY! Jonathan Demme’s iconic, influential, and Best Picture winning THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is as timeless as it is unsettling. Young FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is assigned to help find Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith), a miss ... more
