Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events
Join us for special events that celebrate films in a whole new way and meet the people behind new films showing at Cinema Nova.
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
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
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
Fifth Element, The
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
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Opening Date: Wednesday, 6 May 2026
MTC RETROGRADE x CINEMA NOVA SPECIAL SCREENING: Wednesday May 6, 6.30pm. In collaboration with Melbourne Theatre Company and their upcoming production of Retrograde, join us for a special screening of GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, introduced by director B ... more
Don't Be Prey
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
Birthright
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
To Sir, with Love
Opening Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's ... more
In the Heat of the Night
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. ... more
Somersault
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
H is for Hawk
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
Midsommar - Director's Cut
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
WINTER SOLSTICE SCREENING: Saturday June 21, 7.30pm. Written and directed by visionary filmmaker Ari Aster (Hereditary, Beau Is Afraid) comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight. After losing her family ... more
Amélie
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
