Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events

Pre-recorded digital Q&A with NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor following a screening of the feature: Tuesday November 3, 6.40pm. Filmed by the Oscar-winning team behind feature documentary No Other Land, NAZA was covertly filmed at night on th ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 31 Oct 2026

Melbourne's OG TWILIGHT SAGA movie marathon returns due to enormous popular demand! It started with Cinema Nova revisiting TWILIGHT for a “one-off” event in March 2022 to celebrate Kristen Stewart's Oscar nomination for Spencer and Robert Patt ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 31 Oct 2026

HALLOWEEN OVERNIGHT MARATHON: Saturday October 31, 10:50pm. Join us as we show 4 Australian horror films back-to-back on the spookiest night of the year. LEVITICUS Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday October 25, 4.15pm Join us for a very special early screening, which will be followed by an in-cinema Q&A with documentary subject Narelle Fraser, director Claire Pasvolsky, and producer Steve Pasvolsky. An all-access look ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 26 Nov 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Wednesday November 18, 6.30pm Join director Dario Russo, star Emily Browning, and moderator Michael Cusack (creator of Smiling Friends) for a very special in-cinema post-screening Q&A. Drawing on Japanese and Korean folktales, Dario ... more

Opening Date: Saturday, 5 Dec 2026

Created by award-winning Canadian writer-director-producer Jacob Tierney, HEATED RIVALRY is based on the best-selling book series ‘Game Changers’ by Rachel ... more

Opening Date: Sunday, 13 Dec 2026

KOKO RECS Q&A SCREENING: Sunday December 13, 3:40pm. Join us for the 25th anniversary Melbourne premiere of the restored film, followed by a Q&A with director Richard Lowenstein (Mystify: Michael , Dogs In Space) and star Damien Walshe-Howling (un ... more