MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday March 21, 6.40pm - Join directors Tony Wilson and Cam Fink, South Melbourne and Socceroos legend Paul Trimboli and moderator Francis Leach for a post-film Q&A. The improbable story of all-time great Hungarian striker Ferenc Pu ... more

Winner 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, Actress! From director Sean Baker comes a screwball romantic comedy with bite. Anora (Mikey Madison), a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story. ... more

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness) are dynamite in BABYGIRL, a hair-raising erotic-thriller from director Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies). A high-powered CEO (Kidman) puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torr ... more

Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank) directs Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) and Franz Rogowski (Passages) in her long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking. 12-year-old Bailey (astounding newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives with her devoted b ... more

From Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies and Videotape), BLACK BAG is a high-stakes mystery starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. ... more

Brady Corbet (Vox Lux) directs an audacious American epic, starring Adrien Brody (The Pianist) as a visionary brutalist architect. When ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

ADVANCE SCREENING: Sunday March 16, 4.20pm. See an early screening of the meditative THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE. Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan. Home to dozens of street cats, it is also known as Cat Shrine. While Gokogu looks ... more

Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold's A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history. ... more

From acclaimed director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) comes all-star dramatic thriller following one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a new Pope. ... more

From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), DAHOMEY is a poetic and immersive work of art that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution. Set in November 2021, the documentary ... more

35TH ANNIVERSARY! Directed by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) more then a decade before he changed cinema forever with the release ... more

50TH ANNIVERSARY! Nominated for six Academy Awards and winning for Best Original Screenplay, Sidney Lumet (Network, Serpico) directs Al Pacino ... more

Jacques Audiard directs Cannes Best Actress winners Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Karla Sofía Gascón in musical thriller EMILIA PÉREZ. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 20 Mar 2025

From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. ... more

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with HARD TRUTHS; a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated ... more

Celebrated Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries) directs a masterful historical drama based on a true story. ... more

Guy Pearce leads an emotionally-raw Australian prison drama from first-time writer-director Charles Williams. A young man (newcomer Vincent Miller) is transferred from juvenile to adult prison, where he is taken under the wing of both Australia’s most de ... more

Encore screenings! KUSAMA: INFINITY returning to Cinema Nova in celebration of her blockbuster NGV show! ... more

Selected as Sweden's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, THE LAST JOURNEY is the most-watched documentary in Swedish history. When Lars Hammar retires after 40 years as a beloved French teacher in Köping, he envisions a ... more

Pamela Anderson gives the performance of her career in Palo Alto director Gia Coppola's THE LAST SHOWGIRL. After performing in Las Vegas stage production 'Le Razzle Dazzle' for over thirty years, dancer Shelly (Anderson) is startled to learn that the sh ... more

Angelina Jolie delivers a career-best performance as the world’s greatest female opera singer, Maria Callas, in Pablo Larrain’s Golden Lion nominee. The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of Maria Callas is relived and reimagined during h ... more

From Academy Award®-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot (Mary and Max), MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday l ... more

From Oscar winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer) comes a satirical science fiction comedy starring Robert Pattinson, ... more

Themed around the four pillars of diversity—sexuality, gender, disability, and race— the anthology film MY MELBOURNE features four unique diverse ... more

A multi-award winning and eye-opening documentary that follows a Palestinian community’s forced expulsion from their homes through the eyes of West Bank lawyer and activist, Basel, and his friend Yuval, an Israeli journalist. ... more

Horror maestro Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) directs a striking reimagining of one of the genre’s most iconic tales. NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian v ... more

Paddington Bear is back for his most thrilling adventure yet in PADDINGTON IN PERU! With the Brown Family in tow, Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. However, a mystery soon plunges th ... more

Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes (Challengers) reunite for QUEER, an adaptation of William Burroughs' complex novella of a lonely man's search for connection. ... more

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) directs, writes, and stars in a comedy-drama road trip co-starring Succession’s Kieran Culkin. Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmot ... more

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil) directs a powerful political drama spotlighting the ongoing political unrest in Tehran. Shot entirely in secret, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG centres on a family thrust into a life of parano ... more

NOVA EXCLUSIVE! Winner of the 3 Gotham Awards including Outstanding Lead Performance for Colman Domingo, the Festival Favourites Audience Award ... more

From director Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) comes the follow up his 2003 cult hit Gettin' Square. After 20 years on the run overseas, small-time ex-criminal Johnny 'Spit' Spitieri (David Wenham) slips back into Australia on a false passport only t ... more

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in a decades-spanning romantic drama from director John Crowley (Brooklyn), WE LIVE IN TIME. Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. ... more

Based on the beloved Tony award-winning musical, WICKED reveals the untold stories of the Wicked Witch of the West and her friend, Glinda the Good. ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town ... more