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No Time to Die
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Nov 2021
James Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica, but his peace is short-lived when ... more
Power of the Dog, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Nov 2021
Winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival as well as Best Film at San Sebastian, Jane Campion's THE ... more
Last Night in Soho
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, The Sparks Brothers) directs an original psychological thriller that explores the seductive nature of ... more
Rescue, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
From Academy Award-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo), THE RESCUE is the edge-of-your-seat account of the ... more
Bad Luck Banging
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Nov 2021
Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, BAD LUCK BANGING (OR LOONEY PORN) is an ... more
Best Sellers
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Nov 2021
Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza star in Lina Roessler's odd-couple comedy BEST SELLERS. Lucy Stanbridge (Plaza) is a book publisher ... more
Palazzo di Cozzo
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Nov 2021
Aging patriarch, Franco Cozzo, holds court over an iconic furniture empire. A pioneer of Australian TV advertising, Franco’s tri-lingual catchphrase ... more
Lost Leonardo, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
THE LOST LEONARDO is the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million. ... more
French Dispatch, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 9 Dec 2021
The new film from Nova-favourite Wes Anderson, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, brings to life a collection of stories from the final ... more
Scary of Sixty-First, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 9 Dec 2021
Two roommates' lives are upended after finding out that their incredibly affordable Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret in Dasha ... more
One Second
Opening Date: Thursday, 16 Dec 2021
From master filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Hero, Raise The Red Lantern) comes an ode to the power of cinema set during ... more
Worst Person in the World, The
Opening Date: Saturday, 25 Dec 2021
Julie (Renate Reinsve) is turning thirty and her life is an existential mess. She is struggling to find her career ... more
Eyes of Tammy Faye
Opening Date: Thursday, 27 Jan 2022
Jessica Chastain gives an awards-worthy performance as iconic American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker who, with her husband Jim Bakker (Andrew ... more
Nowhere Special
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Feb 2022
John (James Norton - Little Women, Belle) a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old ... more
Petite Maman
Opening Date: Thursday, 5 May 2022
Director Céline Sciamma returns after her hit Portrait Of A Lady On Fire with her next feature: PETITE MAMAN. An ... more
IFF: Amore
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Roberto Rossellini Retrospective. An anthology film centered on two separate women both played by Anna Magnani, Rossellini’s L’Amore comprises two ... more
IFF: Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Italian Godesses Retrospective. During World War II, an Italian villager (Italian beauty Gina Lollobrigida in an award-winning role) befriends three ... more
IFF: Cam's War
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
From Official Competition at the Giffoni Film Festival, director Laura Muscardin takes us on perilous adventure, set in the future, ... more
IFF: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
A touching personal story from director Francesco Bruni, Everything’s Gonna Be Alright follows a man forced to reevaluate his relationships ... more
IFF: Fellini Forward
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Direct from its Venice International Film Festival premiere, this pioneering project is a one-of-a-kind film documenting the process of making ... more
IFF: Glass Boy
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
A heart-warming tale of courage and adventure, Glass Boy tells the story of 11-year-old Pino who is trapped in a ... more
IFF: Hidden Away
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Winner of the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear, Elio Germano delivers a knockout performance in Hidden Away, an authentic ... more
IFF: If You Care for Me
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
A man with a knack for accidentally setting off catastrophes decides to help his friends but causes more trouble in ... more
IFF: Journey to Italy
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Roberto Rossellini Retrospective. Based on the novel Duo, by Colette, Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders star in a romantic drama ... more
IFF: Leopard, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Italian Godesses Retrospective. Over the past six decades fabled Italian film star Claudia Cardinale has worked with master directors such ... more
IFF: Like a Cat on a Highway 2
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
The second chapter of the blockbuster comedy Like a Cat on a Highway (IFF18) sees the return of Paola Cortellesi ... more
IFF: Marriage Italian Style
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Italian Godesses Retrospective. Italian screen icon Sophia Loren, one of the most beloved and recognisable figures in the international film ... more
IFF: Padrenostro
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Rome, 1976. Valerio (Mattia Garaci) is ten years old and has a vivid imagination. When he witnesses, together with his ... more
IFF: Paisan
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Roberto Rossellini Retrospective. Roberto Rossellini’s neo-realistic follow-up to his breakout Rome, Open City is the ambitious, enormously moving Paisan, which ... more
IFF: Paolo Conte - Via con me
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
An enthralling documentary following the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte, Paolo Conte, Via con me ... more
IFF: Predators, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Winner of Best New Director at the 2021 David di Donatello Awards, actor/director Pietro Castellitto delivers an entertaining black comedy ... more
IFF: Rome, Open City
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Roberto Rossellini Retrospective. Presented in a new digital restoration, Roberto Rossellini’s remarkable drama Rome, Open City, starring Aldo Fabrizi and ... more
IFF: Sirley
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Director Elisa Amoruso’s semi-autobiographical fiction debut chronicles a young girl’s plight as she strives to make sense of her place ... more
IFF: Stromboli
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Roberto Rossellini Retrospective. The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential ... more
IFF: Three Floors
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Featuring a tremendous ensemble cast, the new drama from acclaimed auteur Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre, The Son's Room) traces the ... more
IFF: Three Perfect Daughters
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
In this comedy hit set in Rome, Marco Giallini (Perfect Strangers IFF16, God Willing), Vincenzo Salemme and Giuseppe Battiston (The ... more
IFF: Ties, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Distinguished by an outstanding cast in top form, the stylish and involving new drama from award-winning writer/director Daniele Luchetti (La ... more
IFF: Tigers
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
An enthralling drama about the considerable cost of excellence in a world where everything, and everyone, has a price tag, ... more
IFF: To Chiara
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
From multi award-winning writer/director Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra, Meditteranea), To Chiara is a searing, gripping and remarkably poignant drama about ... more
IFF: When Mum Is Away... With the Family
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
An entertaining Christmas-themed sequel to the 2019 Festival hit 10 Days Without Mamma, the misadventures of the Rovelli family are ... more
IFF: You Came Back
Opening Date: Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
Festival favourite Stefano Accorsi (The Goddess of Fortune IFF20, The Champion IFF19) stars as a man torn between the past ... more
MF: Andy Warhol 4K Double Feature
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
For the first-time ever, experience filmmaker Paul Morrissey's BLOOD FOR DRACULA & FLESH FRANKENSTEIN on the big scren in all ... more
MF: Apparitions
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
A modern horror tale that begins like a gothic ghost story... and ends with a deadly cat and mouse game ... more
MF: Banquet, A
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Following on from sell-out screenings at TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Beyond Fest, A BANQUET is an unsettling, thought-provoking and hyper-tense ... more
MF: Black Friday
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
It's Thanksgiving, and the Black Friday shoppers are coming for deals, bargains, and blood! Starring Devon Sawa (IDLE HANDS), Michael ... more
MF: Crow Valley
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Mountain biker Benny Jones sets off on a weekend ride to remote Crow Valley but is knocked off his bike ... more
MF: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Having just inherited a run down castle, a dispirited woman and her ill-tempered husband decide to spend the night, as ... more
MF: Ditched
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
After a routine prison transfer crashes in the forest, young Inuit paramedic Melina finds herself surrounded by murderers with a ... more
MF: Dogs in Horror: They're Not Our Pets Anymore
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
LEE GAMBIN TALK: Dogs In Horror. When we think of our canine companions as seen in the movies, we are ... more
MF: Dogsploitation Marathon
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Following on from Lee Gambin's fascinating lecture THEY"RE NOT PETS ANYMORE: DOGS IN THE HORROR FILM, Monster Fest is beyond ... more
MF: Dunes, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Nicholas Rice, a renowned journalist for the Los Angeles Times, returns to his hometown of THE DUNES to investigate the ... more
MF: Found Footage Phenomenon, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON is an independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage sub-genre, tracking it through to ... more
MF: Free Fall, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Sara wakes from a coma to a life she doesn't remember; a fragile reality that tumbles into a nightmare where ... more
MF: From Short to Feature: BUTTON MAN Q&A panel
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
From Short To Feature: The Creative Hourney of BUTTON MAN Filmmaker Panel. Short films can help launch a career and ... more
MF: Hellbender
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
16-year-old Izzy suffers from a rare illness that has kept her isolated on a mountaintop with her mother her whole ... more
MF: Keeping Company
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
When two brash insurance salesmen knock on the wrong door hawking for business, a series of unfortunate events transpire and ... more
MF: Lonesome Room, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
A prolific young writer struggling for her next story is drugged and wakes up tied to a chair in a ... more
MF: Mad God
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
A subterranean epic created in-between working on big budget Hollywood fare, MAD GOD is VFX legend Phil Tippett's experimental stop-motion ... more
MF: Monster Fest Shorts 2021
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Monster Fest continues to program the best horror shorts coursing through the veins of the festival circuit from around the ... more
MF: Monster Fest Student Shorts Program
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Once again Monster Fest has scoured the top film schools in the country looking for the nastiest, scariest, horroriest shorts ... more
MF: Nova Star
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Set in an 80s retro futureworld, Mack and her robot co-worker Spanners clean toilets aboard the majestic spaceship Nova Queen. ... more
MF: Offseason
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
After receiving word about the defilement of her mothers grave, a young woman and her partner travel to a small, ... more
MF: Once Upon a Time in Uganda
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Set in Uganda, this documentary follows two men from opposite sides of the world who come together over a shared ... more
MF: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT! Returning to the origins of the massively popular Resident Evil franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts ... more
MF: Retaliators, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s ... more
MF: Sadness, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Every year Monster Fest seeks to program at least one film in which the sex, violence and visceral, bloody gore ... more
MF: Scary of Sixty First, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
A slow-boil horror-fuelled conspiracy thriller, Dekrasova's latest film borrows from todays headlines as two innocent women are drawn into a ... more
MF: Slumber Party Massacre
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
A fun, splatter-fueled reimagining of Roger Corman's iconic 1982 slasher film, SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE follows a group of female high ... more
MF: Surprise Session
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Monster Fest is working furiously behind the scenes to bring you a super special addition to this years’ program. Take ... more
MF: The Tunnel Doco: The Other side of Darkness
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
THE TUNNEL is hands down the greatest Australian found footage feature and this tenth anniversary documentary not only gives you ... more
MF: Trasharama
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Trasharama, Australia’s nastiest short film Fest-EVIL program returns to Monster Fest for its 10th time and is literally bursting at ... more
MF: Tunnel 10th Anniversary, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
10th Anniversary screening event! An investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath ... more
MF: Video Horders S3 Premiere
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
Series creator, director and host Rob Taylor returns for the third season of the wildly popular web-series VIDEO HOARDERS and ... more
MF: Wyrmwood Apocalypse
Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Dec 2021
MONSTER FEST CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING EVENT! In Kiah Roache-Turner's follow-up to his 2014 breakout zombie hit, in a zombie-infested Australian ... more
Marjorie Lawrence: World At Her Feet
Opening Date: Thursday, 16 Dec 2021
Nova exclusive! Discover the remarkable story behind one of Australia's first internationally-renowned opera performers, MARJORIE LAWRENCE. Born in 1907 and ... more
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