Anniversary Party & Restorations
Experience the best films of decades past with Cinema Nova’s Anniversary Party screenings: a line-up of acclaimed or underrated films celebrating anniversaries this year. Cinema Nova is your go-to destination in Melbourne for a stimulating selection of retrospectives celebrating the best of cinema on the big screen.
25TH ANNIVERSARY! David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winning mystery. A dark-haired woman named Rita (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash on Mulholland Drive, where she wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apa ... more
40TH ANNIVERSARY! Directed by master anime filmmaker Momoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), ANGEL'S EGG is a rediscovered gem of the Japanese animation genre. ... more
Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) realises his 40-years-in-the-making vision of a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) ... more
25TH ANNIVERSARY! Led by the eternally charming and commanding Heath Ledger, A KNIGHT’S TALE is a stylised pop-culture heavy interpretation of 14th-century Europe. When his master dies in a jousting tournament, peasant William Thatcher (Ledger), with his ... more
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Opening Date: Thursday, 23 Apr 2026
45th ANNIVERSARY! The year is 1936. Archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) learns of a biblical artifact called The Ark of the Covenant, which may hold the key to human existence. Crossing the globe in an attempt to uncover its location, ... more
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Opening Date: Thursday, 4 Jun 2026
40th ANNIVERSARY! Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, "borrows" a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day adventure (sp ... more
