Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events

Opening Date: Saturday, 14 Feb 2026

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards: Original Screenplay and International Feature! Julie (Renate Reinsve) is turning thirty and her life is an ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 14 Feb 2026

Paul Thomas Anderson's 4th feature, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, is an off-kilter romantic comedy of erratic novelty salesman Barry (Adam Sandler) who lives in the shadow of his seven overbearing sisters. ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 17 Feb 2026

MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL EVENT SCREENING: Tuesday February 17, 7.10pm. Join us for a celebration of Melbourne Fashion and enjoy complimentary food and an Aperol Spritz or glass of sparkling on arrival. Cleverly intertwining past and present, fiction ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 19 Feb 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday February 17, 6:45pm. Join filmmaker Sophie Hyde and actor Aud Mason-Hyde for a post-film Q&A. Hannah (Colman), a film director, travels with her non-binary teenager Frances (Mason-Hyde) from Australia to Amsterdam to vis ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 20 Feb 2026

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. Looking to take their band ‘Nirvanna the Band’ to new heights, Ma ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 22 Feb 2026

“You – when’s your birthday?” “22nd of February.” “What year?” “Every year.” In honour of a very special birthday (unnamed ginger teen drinking illegally ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Feb 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Wednesday Feb 25, 6:30pm. Join director Jordan Giusti for a post-screening Q&A live in-cinema. In flood-prone Lismore, Australia, residents face life-changing decisions after devastating floods. Filmed over three years, detailing a ser ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Mar 2026

PANEL DISCUSSION EVENT: Saturday February 14, 4.45pm. In partnership with PCRF Australia (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund), ADVANCE SCREENINGS: Wednesday February 18, 6.50pm + 8.45pm. Presented by the Palestinian Film Festival. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Mar 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday March 3, 6:50pm. Join Reg Mombassa and Pete O'Doherty from Australian band Mental As Anything and producer Carolina Sorensen live in-cinema for a post-screening Q&A after the Melbourne Premiere of their ... more

Opening Date: Friday, 6 Mar 2026

Filmed under the stars against the iconic backdrop of the Sydney Opera House, this concert film documents the debut Sydney solo shows of English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thom Yorke, one of the most acclaimed musicians of his generation ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 17 Mar 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday March 17, 6.30pm. Join filmmaker Dianne Whelan for a post-film Q&A. 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 ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 2026

Melbourne Comedy Festival Event Screenings: Featuring live appearances by the cast and crew of this hilarious independent Melbourne-made comedy! Thomas, a young oddball millionaire without any friends, sobers up a homeless drunk, Deacon, in an effort to m ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 12 Apr 2026

RESTORATION! Featuring 27A producer Haydn Keenan live at Nova to discuss his 1974 award-winning Australian drama, starring Bill Hunter and Robert McDarra. Bill McDonald is a middle aged alcoholic who is sentenced to six weeks in prison for a minor offen ... 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