Filmmaker Screenings & Special Events

Join us for special events that celebrate films in a whole new way and meet the people behind new films showing at Cinema Nova. 

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Thursday October 2, 6.45pm. Bush Heritage presents a post-screening Q&A discussing the ecological themes of natureand sustainability. ... more

Sep 14th, 2025

After the Second World War, the Australian government decided to accept immigrants from countries other than the British Isles. This ... more

Sep 14th, 2025

Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

One of the world’s greatest singers, Andrea Bocelli has a voice that transcends genres and generations.  

Documentarian Cosima Spender follows ... more

Sep 21st, 2025

Kim's Video

Opening Date: Sunday, 21 Sep 2025

EVENT SCREENING: Sunday September 21, 3:15pm. Pre-recorded introduction from filmmaker David Redmon to play before feature. Physical media reigns supreme in KIM'S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City ... more

Sep 21st, 2025

Abebe: Butterfly Song

Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025

Q&A SCREENING: Tuesday September 23, 6.45pm. Join musicians David Bridie and Telek for a post-film Q&A. Sir George Telek MBE, aka Telek, is a band, a man and in some parts of the world, a legend. His four decade career has been inextricably linke ... more

Sep 23rd, 2025

Twilight + New Moon

Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 30, 6.50pm (SOLD OUT) + 7.10pm (SOLD OUT). To celebrate twenty years of sparkling vampires and spider monkeys, we’ve partnered with Readings to present a double feature of (the best films in the franchise ... more

Sep 30th, 2025

Merchant Ivory

Opening Date: Thursday, 2 Oct 2025

Meet the Filmmaker: Saturday October 11,11:40am. Join filmmaker Stephen Soucy for apost-screening Zoom Q&A. ... more

Oct 11th, 2025

Showgirls - Interactive Goddess Edition

Opening Date: Friday, 10 Oct 2025

INTERACTIVE GODDESS EDITION SCREENING! Join us at Cinema Nova on Friday October 10 for an audience-interactive screening of critically derided ... more

Oct 10th, 2025

Deeper

Opening Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday October 21, 6.30pm. Join anaesthetist and cave diver Dr. Richard ‘Harry’ Harris for a post-film Q&A in-cinema. Lauded documentarian Jennifer Peedom explores Thair cave rescuer Dr. Richard ‘Harry’ Harris’ return to t ... more

Oct 21st, 2025

St Kilda Film Festival Tour 2025

Opening Date: Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025

The St Kilda Film Festival Victorian Tour takes the best of the 2025 festival program on the road! Don’t miss this special encore presentation of Australia's Top Short Films, selected from the festival’s biggest ever program. Films presented across two s ... more

Oct 22nd, 2025

Nightmare Before Christmas, The

Opening Date: Friday, 31 Oct 2025

HALOWEEN SCREENING! From the imagination of Tim Burton comes one of the greatest stop motion animated musicals ever made. Featuring ... more

Oct 31st, 2025

Fwends

Opening Date: Thursday, 6 Nov 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday November 7, 7:10pm. Join director & co-producer Sophie Somerville, co-producer Carter Looker, and cast for a post-screening Q&A. Sophie Somerville’s honest and raw debut FWENDS is a Melbourne set festival darling, winning the B ... more

Nov 7th, 2025

Pointe: Dancing on a Knife's Edge

Opening Date: Sunday, 30 Nov 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday November 30, 3:30pm. Join filmmaker Dawn Jackson and featured dancer Floeur Alder for a post-screening Q&A. POINTE DANCING ON A KNIFE'S EDGE is a captivating and moving documentary about Australian dancer Floeur Alder, daughter ... more

Nov 30th, 2025
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