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.
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Thursday September 12, 6.45pm. Join Academy Award winning costume designer Tim Chappel for a post-film Q&A. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, an Australian icon returns to Nova screens! When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving – T ... more
Does Sound Heal
Opening Date: Friday, 20 Sep 2024
Q&A SCREENING: Friday September 20, 6.45pm. Followed by a live discussion with the show’s presenter Tenille Bentley. A captivating journey through sound, science and story, produced and co-created by Dom Giorgi and Joe Branco. Experience this enlighteni ... more
Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping
Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Sep 2024
Rockumentary by Paul McCartney's Wings recorded live at Abbey Road in 1974, featuring performances of "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Jet," "Live and Let Die," and voiceovers from band members discussing their musical journeys. ... more
PFF: No Other Land
Opening Date: Wednesday, 2 Oct 2024
A multi-award winning and eye-opening piece of documentary activism that follows a Palestinian community’s forced expulsion from their homes through ... more
Your Fat Friend
Opening Date: Saturday, 12 Oct 2024
LIMITED EVENT SCREENINGS! Screens with a post-screening digital Q&A: Aubrey Gordon and director Jeanie Finlay (Seahorse) in conversation with body positivity activist April Hélène-Horton (@thebodzilla). Director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of write ... more
Memoir of a Snail
Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday October 4, 6.30pm. Join filmmaker Adam Elliot for a post-film Q&A discussing all things stop-motion animation and his new Melbourne-set story. From Academy Award®-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot (Mary and M ... more
Great White Whale, The
Opening Date: Sunday, 3 Nov 2024
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday November 3, 4.30pm. Join filmmaker Michael Dillon for a post-film Q&A. Deep in the wild Southern Ocean, halfway between Australia and Africa, a snowy volcano nine thousand feet high rears up from the sea like a Great Whit ... more
Tickled
Opening Date: Friday, 6 Dec 2024
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday December 6, 7.00pm. Join filmmaker David Farrier for a post-film Q&A. A documentary that will cause your jaw to hit the cinema floor in shock, co-directors David Farrier and Dylan Reeve’s TICKLED will have you giggling at ... more
