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. 

Join us for a special screening of REBECCA, followed by a conversation on adaptation with Melbourne Theatre Company's Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks and University of Melbourne film studies academic Dr Nonie May, exploring how du Maurier's ... more

Sep 9th, 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Thursday September 4, 6.45pm. Join writer/ director Michael Shanks and producer Mike Cowap for a post-film Q&A. The debut feature from Australian writer/director Michael Shanks, TOGETHER is a squishy, fleshy horror of co-dependency st ... more

Sep 2nd, 2025

But Also John Clarke

Opening Date: Thursday, 4 Sep 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday September 5, 6.30pm. Join writer/director Lorin Clarke for a post-film Q&A in-cinema. A defining comedic voice who wrote and appeared in numerous films and TV productions, and who – in a beloved double act with Bryan Da ... more

Sep 5th, 2025

Bonegilla - The Migrants Journey

Opening Date: Sunday, 14 Sep 2025

After the Second World War, the Australian government decided to accept immigrants from countries other than the British Isles. This ... more

Sep 14th, 2025

Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

One of the world’s greatest singers, Andrea Bocelli has a voice that transcends genres and generations.  

Documentarian Cosima Spender follows ... more

Sep 21st, 2025

Kim's Video

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

EVENT SCREENING: Sunday September 21, 3:15pm. Pre-recorded introduction from filmmaker David Redmon to play before feature. Physical media reigns supreme in KIM'S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City ... more

Sep 21st, 2025

Twilight + New Moon

Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 30, 6.50pm (SOLD OUT) + 7.10pm (SOLD OUT). To celebrate twenty years of sparkling vampires and spider monkeys, we’ve partnered with Readings to present a double feature of (the best films in the franchise ... more

Sep 30th, 2025

Deeper

Opening Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday October 21, 6.30pm. Join anaesthetist and cave diver Dr. Richard ‘Harry’ Harris for a post-film Q&A in-cinema. Lauded documentarian Jennifer Peedom explores Thair cave rescuer Dr. Richard ‘Harry’ Harris’ return to the w ... more

Oct 21st, 2025

St Kilda Film Festival Tour 2025

Opening Date: Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025

The St Kilda Film Festival Victorian Tour takes the best of the 2025 festival program on the road! Don’t miss this special encore presentation of Australia's Top Short Films, selected from the festival’s biggest ever program. Films presented across two s ... more

Oct 22nd, 2025

Fwends

Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday November 7, 7:10pm. Join director & co-producer Sophie Somerville, co-producer Carter Looker, and cast for a post-screening Q&A. Sophie Somerville’s honest and raw debut FWENDS is a Melbourne set festival darling, winning the B ... more

Nov 7th, 2025
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