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.
LIMITED SCREENINGS - A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly 90 years old, ... more
Nice Indian Boy, A
Opening Date: Thursday, 10 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 1.15pm. Join director Roshan Sethi for a post-film Q&A hosted via zoom. ... more
Stelarc – Suspending Disbelief
Opening Date: Sunday, 13 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 3.30pm. Join filmmaker Richard Moore for a post-film Q&A, hosted will be Peter George. STELARC - SUSPENDING DISBELIEF explores the works of Melbourne based artist Stelarc, who burst into prominence in the early ... more
Amélie
Opening Date: Monday, 14 Jul 2025
SAVE THE DATE! Bastille Day Screening: Monday 14 July, 6.50pm. Vive la France! This Bastille Day, we’re playing the classic French whimsical romantic comedy! Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) lives in Paris, and in a world of her own. Introverted, but with ... 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
Together
Opening Date: Thursday, 31 Jul 2025
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday July 13, 6.00pm. Join writer and director Michael Shanks for a post-film Q&A. ADVANCE SCREENING: Thursday July 24, 7.00pm. The feature debut of Australian writer/director Michael Shanks, TOGETHER is a squishy, fleshy body h ... 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
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
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
