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Trifole
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
ESPRESSO CINEMA PRESENTS - TRIFOLE (TRUFFLES) A complimentary Campari & Soda or Crodino included with your ticket! In this bittersweet portrait of a vanishing rural way of life, Londoner Dalia returns to the stunning Italian region of Piedmont to care for ... more
Lady Bird + Dazed & Confused
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Back-to-school screening! Beat the back-to-school blues with a night of indie high school hits.
Greta Gerwig’s LADYBIRD is the ... more
Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Roger Waters, founding member and creative force behind the legendary Pink Floyd, brings to the screen his live show, Roger ... more
Sense and Sensibility
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
30TH ANNIVERSARY! The exceedingly handsome SENSE AND SENSIBILITY was scripted by Emma Thompson and was Ang Lee's first English feature. The impeccable cast includes Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant. ... more
2001: A Space Odyssey
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Arguably one of the greatest films ever made, over 50 years ago director Stanley Kubrick released his ground-breaking sci-fi epic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The seminal classic has since been fully restored so a new generation of Novagoers can di ... more
Friend, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
A moving ode to friendship, grief, and healing, THE FRIEND stars Academy Award nominees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, and in his debut role, Bing, a 150-pound Great Dane. ... more
Stolen Painting, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
PREVIEW SCREENING: Friday July 25, 7.00pm. Inspired by remarkable true events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s engrossing dramedy, THE STOLEN PAINTING, follows an auctioneer whose professional and personal integrity is challenged by the discov ... more
When Fall Is Coming
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
François Ozon’s darkly funny thriller WHEN FALL IS COMING leads from wild mushrooms to a layered and moving meditation on responsibility, human nature, and the knowability of truth ... more
Hundreds of Beavers
Opening Date: Friday, 1 Aug 2025
A triumph of imagination, Mike Cheslik's joyously silly HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS has been acclaimed by critics and audiences around the world for capturing the spirit of Looney Tunes in a micro-budget slapstick comedy. ... more
CatVideoFest 2025
Opening Date: Saturday, 2 Aug 2025
The world's No. 1 cat video festival is returning to Nova this August!
CatVideoFest 2025 is a compilation of the latest ... more
8 1/2 + La Strada
Opening Date: Tuesday, 5 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Join us for a festival of Fellini as two essentials from the Italian master return to the silver screen. ... more
American Psycho
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
25TH ANNIVERSARY! Mary Harron’s bloody satire of ’80s New York yuppie culture stars Christian Bale as iconic serial killer Patrick Bateman. A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from h ... more
Future Council
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Friday August 1, 7:30pm. Join filmmaker Damon Gameau for a post-screening Q&A. An inspiring and rollicking journey through Europe, where eight children join Damon Gameau to better understand the climate crisis. ... more
This Is Spinal Tap
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 Aug 2025
41st ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION! In 1982, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by ... more
My Neighbour Totoro + Spirited Away
Opening Date: Tuesday, 12 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Two iconic Studio Ghibli films back-to-back. ... more
40 Acres
Opening Date: Thursday, 14 Aug 2025
Former soldier Hailey Freeman (Deadwyler) and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the first Civil War. The world they live in now has been ravaged by plagues and wars, leaving society in ruins ... more
Life of Chuck, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 14 Aug 2025
ADVANCE SCREENING: Thursday July 31, 7.00pm. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Toronto Film Festival! A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella, THE LIFE OF CHUCK details the life of Chuck Kranz, an ... more
Before Sunrise + Before Sunset
Opening Date: Tuesday, 19 Aug 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Richard Linklater's first two installments of the 'Before Trilogy' return to the screen for a romantic double feature.
Jesse ... more
Irena's Vow
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
Based on the Broadway play that was inspired by an incredible true story, IRENA'S VOW follows Polish nurse Irena Gut Opdyke, portrayed by Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), who hid Polish Jews during World War II. Employed as a house keeper by Nazi Ger ... more
Kangaroo Island
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 Aug 2025
The debut film of both director Timothy David and writer Sally Gifford, KANGAROO ISLAND is an Australian dramedy about the ties that bond, and damage, a family. ... more
A.I Artificial Intelligence
Opening Date: Tuesday, 26 Aug 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Steven Spielberg fulfills Stanley Kubrick’s vision of technological change that is as prevalent today as it was upon release. ... more
Ballad of Wallis Island, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 28 Aug 2025
Charming, deeply emotional, and incredibly witty, THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND stars co-writer Tim Key (This Time with Alan Partridge), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), and Tom Basden (After Life). ... more
The Sleeper - The Lost Caravaggio
Opening Date: Sunday, 31 Aug 2025
ESPRESSO CINEMA PRESENTS – THE SLEEPER: THE LOST CARAVAGGIO
When an 80-year-old-woman from Madrid takes an old painting from her living ... more
Witch, The + Lighthouse, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 2 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! "Say, why is it bad luck to kill a gull?" Idiosyncratic director Robert Eggers declared his unique approach to filmmaking with his dread-soaked feature debut THE WITCH (a breakout Cinema Nova exclusive) in 2015 before hoisting his relentle ... more
Sorry, Baby
Opening Date: Thursday, 4 Sep 2025
From the Oscar Winning producers Adele Romanski (Aftersun) and Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), comes SORRY, BABY, the directorial debut of writer and star Eva Victor. ... more
Your Name + Weathering With You
Opening Date: Tuesday, 9 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Makoto Shinkai (Suzume) directs a pair of gorgeous animated romantic fantasies. ... more
Lesbian Space Princess
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Sep 2025
An animated comedy like no other, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS is a riotous, candy-coloured joy from start to finish: a locally made animation by emerging creatives that embraces LGBTQIA+ and culturally diverse voices, on and off-screen. ... more
Splitsville
Opening Date: Thursday, 11 Sep 2025
Starring Dakota Johnson (Materialists), Adria Arjona (Hit Man, Blink Twice), and co-writers Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, SPLITSVILLE had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. ... more
Basic Instinct + Mulholland Drive
Opening Date: Tuesday, 16 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Everything is not as it seems in a pair of auteur-driven erotic-thrillers that take cues from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. ... more
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. In this intimate portrait ... more
Ferris Bueller's Day Off + Election
Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! A Matthew Broderick double feature featuring the star in two of his most iconic roles. ... more
Inter Alia: NT Live
Opening Date: Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut in INTER ALIA: NT LIVE, a searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie. ... more
Leopard, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Burt Lancaster leads Luchino Visconti’s 19th century Italian epic. ... more
Twilight + New Moon
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA SCREENING: Tuesday September 30, 6.50pm (Selling Fast!) + 7.10pm. 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) TWIL ... more
Howl's Moving Castle + Laputa Castle in the Sky
Opening Date: Tuesday, 7 Oct 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki present fantastical animated tales of far-away lands. ... more
Donnie Darko + Nightcrawler
Opening Date: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Jake Gyllenhaal delivers two of his finest performances across a pair of chilling psychological thrillers. ... more
Jennifer's Body + Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Opening Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2025
DOUBLE BILL: Demonic Double! Join us to watch cult classics JENNIFER’S BODY and the 1992 film BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER ... more
Mrs. Warren’s Profession: NT Live
Opening Date: Friday, 24 Oct 2025
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. ... more
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Opening Date: Thursday, 30 Oct 2025
David Gulpili (Walkabout, The Proposition, Charlie’s Country) was one of Australia’s greatest and most well-known actors, and the first Indigenous actor to make an international stamp. A Yolŋu man, Gulpili led a traditional lifestyle in the Arafura Swamp ... more
Favourite, The + Poor Things
Opening Date: Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Yorgos Lanthimos directs Emma Stone in a pair of Oscar winners. ... more
Kiki's Delivery Service + The Boy and the Heron
Opening Date: Tuesday, 11 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki present two animated Japanese hits. ... more
Man Who Fell to Earth, The + The Wicker Man (1973)
Opening Date: Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Back-to-back cult ‘70s horror hits! ... more
Wicked: For Good
Opening Date: Thursday, 20 Nov 2025
WICKED: FOR GOOD is part 2 of John M. Chu's adaptation of the Broadway phenomenon, starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, and Bowen Yang. ... more
Dersu Uzala
Opening Date: Tuesday, 25 Nov 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Akira Kurosawa directs a powerful drama, winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 1976 Academy Awards. ... more
The Fifth Step: NT Live
Opening Date: Friday, 28 Nov 2025
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Al ... more
Portrait of a Lady on Fire + Petite Maman
Opening Date: Tuesday, 2 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Céline Sciamma directs a pair of tender French dramas. ... more
Dressed To Kill + Body Double
Opening Date: Tuesday, 9 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Brian De Palma (Scarface) directs a pair of arrestingly stylish ‘80s erotic thrillers as only he can. ... more
Nope + Get Out
Opening Date: Tuesday, 16 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Jordan Peele teams with Daniel Kaluuya for a pair of modern horror classics. ... more
Citizen Kane + The Magnificent Ambersons
Opening Date: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2025
DOUBLE FEATURE! Orson Welles directs and stars in a pair of cinema classics! ... more
Right Stuff, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Dec 2025
MOVIE EPIC! Philip Kaufman (writer – Raiders of the Lost Ark) directs a four-time Oscar-winning historical adventure. ... more
Sentimental Value
Opening Date: Thursday, 8 Jan 2026
Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World) returns with SENTIMENTAL VALUE, winner of the Cannes Grand Prix and starring returning muse Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) alongside Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl) and Elle Fanning (A Complete Unknown). Sist ... more
Secret Agent, The
Opening Date: Thursday, 22 Jan 2026
Winner of Best Actor, Best Director and the International Critic’s Prize (Fipresci) at Cannes 2025, THE SECRET AGENT is a rousing and tense political thriller led by a captivating performance from Wagner Moura (Civil War). ... more
Hamlet: NT Live
Opening Date: Saturday, 28 Feb 2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Are you watching closely? Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power a ... more
MDFF A Journey Between the Fires
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
A Journey Between the Fires is a deeply personal and compelling story following Award winning singer songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley as ... more
MDFF Fire at Sea: The HMAS Westralia Disaster
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Fire at Sea: The HMAS Westralia Disaster (Dir: David Jenkins - 82m) A gripping investigation into the 1998 HMAS Westralia ... more
MDFF Palestinians Don’t Need Sidewalks + The Docto
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Palestinians Don’t Need Sidewalks (Dir: Jill Pauline Hickson – 71m)
A raw journey through occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, this ... more
MDFF Stupa
Opening Date: Saturday, 19 Jul 2025
Stupa (Dir: Peter Downey – 52m)
The inside story of outsider art with Boinga Bob, an autistic artistic treasure from Australia ... more
MDFF By Far Kaymakchalan
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
By Far Kaymakchalan (Dir: Boris Trbić and Dragan Gavrilović – 60m)
Uncovering Australia’s forgotten WWI role alongside Serbian forces, By Far ... more
MDFF Reflections of Courage
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Reflections of Courage (Dir: Janet Shay – 48m)
Reflections of Courage is a poignant 50-minute documentary chronicling the extraordinary journey of ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 3
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Chasing Roo (Dir: Skye Fitzgerald – 34m)
An investigation into the harvesting of kangaroos in Australia, this film offers an intimate ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 4
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
How to Sue the Klan (Dir: John Beder – 34m)
In 1982, five Black women from Chattanooga successfully sued the Ku ... more
MDFF Space Cowboy
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
Space Cowboy (Dir: Marah Strauch and Bryce Leavitt – 95m)
An emotional odyssey of skydiving cinematographer Joe Jennings, Space Cowboy traces ... more
MDFF The Longer You Bleed
Opening Date: Sunday, 20 Jul 2025
The Longer You Bleed (Dir: Ewan Waddell)
This personal documentary follows displaced Ukrainians in Berlin contending with the traumatic absurdity of ... more
MDFF Deep Ecology + Farmacy of Light
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
Deep Ecology (54m)
Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic ... more
MDFF Human Race
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
Human Race (Dir: Simon David de-Tusch Alec – 100m) Following professor Eske Willerslev’s quest to map 5,000 ancient human DNA profiles, ... more
MDFF Johatsu
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
A haunting documentary about Japan’s “evaporated people” who vanish to escape societal pressures, exploring their stories and the cultural factors ... more
MDFF The Definition of Happiness
Opening Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025
As the elusive pursuit of happiness continues to plunge humanity deeper into depression, Tim is forced onto a transformative journey, ... more
MDFF Clear Sky
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Clear Sky (Dir: Michael Del Monte – 76m)
An unflinching portrait of Shawn’s battle with addiction and cultural disconnection, Clear Sky ... more
MDFF Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe
Opening Date: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025
Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe (Dir: Anthony Kelly – 53m)
A powerful portrait of Aboriginal activist Robbie Thorpe, Our ... more
MDFF A River in the Middle of the Sky
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
MDFF NYAA WA
Opening Date: Thursday, 24 Jul 2025
NYAA WA (Dir: Charlie Braces – 60m) NYAA WA 'Take Care' is a Music Documentary featuring Naarm-based artist Charlie Needs ... more
MDFF Bonegilla - The Migrants Journey
Opening Date: Friday, 25 Jul 2025
ENCORE SESSION: Sunday July 27, 8.00pm. Bonegilla - The Migrant's Journey (Dir: Simon Reich – 86m) After the Second World War, the Australian government decided to accept immigrants from countries other than the British Isles. This was the real beginnin ... more
MDFF Before 1770: The Journey Home
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Before 1770: The Journey Home (Dir: Wesam Charkawi & Fred El-Harris – 96m)
Challenging colonial narratives, ‘Before 1770’ uncovers the Yolngu ... more
MDFF Dancing Against the Odds
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Dancing Against the Odds (Dir: Matt Byrne – 64m)
In a stunning documentary accompanying the dance film Counterpoise, Dancing Against the ... more
MDFF Ferrari: Fury and the Monster
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Ferrari: Fury and the Monster (Dir: Steve Hoover – 80m)
Ferrari: Fury And the Monster tells the story of Mauro Forghieri ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 5
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Frozen Water (Dir: Anastasia Fetisov - 25m) Frozen Waters chronicles the awe-inspiring journey of endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh as he becomes the first person to swim beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. In this historic feat, Pugh swims 1 kilometre through su ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 6
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
The Broken Goddess (Dir: Ximena Pereira – 21m)
The myth of María Lionza, a Venezuelan jungle deity, intertwines with a migrant ... more
MDFF The Big Sea
Opening Date: Saturday, 26 Jul 2025
Exposing surfing’s toxic link to Neoprene and Cancer Alley, The Big Sea uncovers environmental racism and corporate greenwashing, urging the ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 7
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way (Dir: Stephanie Lane – 21m)
A family prepares for their mother's 60th birthday party while ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 8
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
WASKA: The Forest Is My Family (Dir: Nina Gualinga – 15m)
Set in a world post-environmental collapse, the film follows a ... more
MDFF Shorts Session 9
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The Falcons (14m)
The Falcons is an intimate, observational documentary that explores the Tshakhruk Ethnoband in the highlands of Armenia, a ... more
MDFF The New Peasants
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The New Peasants (Dir: Jordon Osmond – 66m)
An intimate portrait of a family’s 20-year transition to a sustainable, simple life, ... more
MDFF The Nicholas Building
Opening Date: Sunday, 27 Jul 2025
The Nicholas Building (Dir: Mark Newbold – 90m)
Since the early 1990s, the Nicholas Building has been a centre of arts, ... more
MDFF Piquancy Silent Heroes + Unlocking the Potent
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
Piquancy Silent Heroes (Dir: Nandita Chakraborty - 54m)
Celebrating 16 unsung heroes from Melbourne’s diverse communities, Piquancy Silent Heroes highlights their ... more
MDFF Union
Opening Date: Tuesday, 29 Jul 2025
A documentary directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing that chronicles the grassroots efforts of Amazon workers at the JFK8 ... more
MDFF After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come
Opening Date: Wednesday, 30 Jul 2025
After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home (Dir: Sarah McCarthy – 80m)
Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, ... more
MDFF Left Behind
Opening Date: Wednesday, 30 Jul 2025
Left Behind (Dir: Anna Toomey – 76m)
Left Behind is the inspiring story of a group of determined and passionate moms ... more
MDFF The Invisible Doctrine
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
The Invisible Doctrine (Dir: Pete D Hutchison – 75m) George Monbiot deconstructs the roots, secretive propagation and deep impact of a ... more
MDFF The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
The Strongman and the Last Days of the Khmer Rouge (Dir: James Gerrand – 110m)
A revealing portrait of Cambodia’s Hun ... more
MDFF Love in the Walls
Opening Date: Wednesday, 6 Aug 2025
Love in the Walls (Dir: Samuel Kostevc - 1hr)
In a Melbourne social housing community, this moving 60-minute documentary explores residents’ ... more
Caravaggio
Opening Date: Saturday, 15 Nov 2025
Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder - shine a new light on Caravaggio in this dramatic biography... Five years in production, this ... more
Frida Kahlo
Opening Date: Saturday, 25 Jul 2026
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and ... more