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
G'DAY MAY! Four friends leave their share house to explore the pool rooms, drag shows and bars of Sydney before crash-landing in Bondi. It’s the night before Karli goes to New York and the lives of this tight knit group will change to forever after a ... more
PRIDE MONTH EVENT SCREENINGS! A star-making performance by Timothee Chalamet, career-best support by Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, sunny Italian ... more
Mommie Dearest
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Jun 2026
45TH ANNIVERSARY! The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan ... more
Bound
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Jun 2026
30TH ANNIVERSARY! Before The Matrix, the Wachowski’s made their debut with the erotically charged crime caper BOUND, starring Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, and Christopher Meloni. When Violet (Tilly), the girlfriend of violent mobster Cae ... more
Kiki's Delivery Service
Opening Date: Thursday, 9 Jul 2026
RESTORATION! From the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki comes "Kiki’s Delivery Service", the beloved coming-of-age story of a ... more
Highlander
Opening Date: Friday, 17 Jul 2026
40TH ANNIVERSARY! Conor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) must fight his way through the centuries until the time of The Gathering, when ... more
