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: Saturday August 29, 12:50pm. Join us for a live virtual Q&A with filmmaker Gregg Araki. Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation) is back with I WANT YOUR SEX, a fresh, fun, and sexy look at art and murder, led by Olivia W ... more
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
Amyl And the Sniffers Present TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE, a concert film in which the band perform country-influenced versions of their songs, two unreleased tracks, and a cover of the Slim Dusty classic 'Lights On The Hill'. TRUTH OR CONSEQU ... more
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday August 28, 6:50pm. Join us for a live Q&A with filmmaker Anthony Frith, as he discusses his documentary MOCKBUSTER and feature THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, which screens directly after this feature. Click here for tickets to THE ... more
Screening in collaboration with Anthony Firth’s documentary MOCKBUSTER, which screens directly before this session. Click here for tickets to our Meet the Filmmaker session of MOCKBUSTER Anthony Frith’s debut feature THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT was shot o ... more
Silenced
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. SILENCED brings unr ... more
Twilight and New Moon
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
Queen Budapest
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
Jebediah: Are We OK?
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
Twilight Saga: Overnight Marathon
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
