Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Wednesday September 2, 6.20pm Join us for a live, virtual post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Annemarie Jacir. In 1936, as villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf moves between his rural home and ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 3 Sep 2026

Billed by Screen International as “an essential, galvanising watch,” SILENCED follows international human rights lawyer and free speech defender Jennifer Robinson's fight for survivors of gender-based violence to tell their story. SILENCE ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Sep 2026

Set in a remote town in China, when a once-proud patriarch suffers a stroke, the burden of his care falls on his estranged wife, who has long wanted to leave their unhappy marriage, and his second daughter, a single mother struggling to make ends meet. TI ... more

Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2026

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 29, 6:45pm. Join us for a double feature of TWILIGHT and NEW MOON to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the cult classic’s sequel (the ticket price includes entry into the double feature and a hard-cover d ... more

Opening Date: Wednesday, 7 Oct 2026

On July 27, 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic ... more

Opening Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 2026

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday October 13, 6.40pm Join lead singer Kevin Mitchell and director Arlo Dean Cook live, in-cinema, for a post-film Q&A moderated by Dylan Lewis (ABC’s Recovery). This is the story of a band that grew up but never grew apart. P ... 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 Pattinson's ar ... more