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.
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Opening Date: Thursday, 30 Apr 2026
From Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg comes IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY, a touching look at a life and legacy of a life cut tragically short. When young star Jeff Buckley released his first album ‘Grace’, he’d taken the world by storm. After ... more
Fifth Element, The
Opening Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Super green! Luc Besson's visually spectacular intergalactic adventure THE FIFTH ELEMENT returns to Cinema Nova for a five-star fifth of the fifth screening event. Since its debut in 1997 THE FIFTH ELEMENT has gone on to become a cult favourite thanks to ... more
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Opening Date: Wednesday, 6 May 2026
MTC RETROGRADE x CINEMA NOVA SPECIAL SCREENING: Wednesday May 6, 6.30pm. In collaboration with Melbourne Theatre Company and their upcoming production of Retrograde, join us for a special screening of GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, introduced by director B ... more
Don't Be Prey
Opening Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026
MEET THE FILMMAKER Q&A: Friday May 8, 6.40pm. Join documentary subject Mark Sowerby for a post-film Q&A. Mark Sowerby’s life was upended in 2018 when a highly publicised short-selling attack on Blue Sky dismantled his reputation, identity, and self-belief ... more
Birthright
Opening Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Tuesday May 12, 6.00pm. Join director Zoe Pepper and stars Maria Angelico and Travis Jeffery for a post-film Q&A. Moderated by Flick Ford (RRR). Evicted and jobless, 30-something Cory (Travis Jeffery) and his heavily pregnant wife Jasm ... more
To Sir, with Love
Opening Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026
Idealistic, yet unemployed, Black American Engineering graduate Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) takes on a temporary position teaching a group of rambunctious White high school students from London's East End slum neighborhood ... more
In the Heat of the Night
Opening Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Winner of 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay! Black Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town. After being clea ... more
Somersault
Opening Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
KOKO RECOMMENDS! RESTORATION! Nova Film Club host Koko presents Cate Shortland's feature debut starring Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington and Lynette Curran in a gothic Australian drama of a young woman who settles in a small mountain community after fleeing ... more
H is for Hawk
Opening Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026
Q&A SCREENING: Wednesday May 13, 6.30pm. Experience the film at our special virtual Q&A with author Helen Macdonald on 13 May, before it hits cinemas on 28 May. Not to be missed! Based on a true story and a memoir of the same name, H IS FOR HAWK is a soar ... more
Midsommar - Director's Cut
Opening Date: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2026
WINTER SOLSTICE SCREENING: Saturday June 21, 7.30pm. Written and directed by visionary filmmaker Ari Aster (Hereditary, Beau Is Afraid) comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight. After losing her family ... more
Amélie
Opening Date: Tuesday, 14 Jul 2026
SAVE THE DATE! Bastille Day Screening: Tuesday 14 July, 6.50pm. Vive la France! This Bastille Day, we’re playing the classic French whimsical romantic comedy! Enjoy a sparkling wine on arrival. Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) lives in Paris, and in a world ... more
