KINO CALENDAR 2026
KinoTopia presents our curated monthly calendar of films screening in Melbourrne.
Movies generally open on a Thursday. ‘Wide’ means its playing on lots of cinemas, ‘Limited’ means not many and ‘Exclusive’ means just the one.
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March
Astor Theatre:
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
3.30, 7.30 - Tix
ACMI
Focus On Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi, 2025
4.30pm
Astor Theatre:
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus On Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Happy Together
Wong Kar Wai, 1997
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Umbrella Presents:
Infernal Affairs
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
6.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
The Giant
George Stevens, 1956
11am - Tix
Cult Classics:
Climax (Lido Only)
Gaspar Noe, 2018
7.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus On Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Lust Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
6.30pm - Tix
AIDC
Deepfaking Sam Altman
Adam Bhala Lough, 2025
7pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Godzilla Minus One
Takashi Yamazaki, 2023
+
Godzilla
Ishirō Honda, 1954
7pm - Tix
Eclipse
Pasa Faho
Kalu Oji, 2025
4.20pm - Tix
Melbourne Cinémathèque
Tales of Modern Love: Leos Carax, Rebirthing Cinema
ACMI
Holy Moters
Leos Carax, 2012
7pm
+
Boy Meets Girl
Leos Carax, 1984
9.10pm
Three week passes here
Astor Theatre:
French Film Festival
Colours of Time
Cédric Klapisch, 2025
6.30pm
ACMI
AIDC
Cutting Through Rocks
Mohammadreza Eyni & Sara Khaki, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Asian Cinema Collective pres:
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook, 2025
8.40pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Rooftop Preview:
How to Make a Killing
George Stevens, 1956
11am - Tix
Palace Cinemas
French Film Festival - Opening Night
Colours of Time
Cédric Klapisch, 2025
6.30pm (drink inc) - Tix
(Balwyn, Westgarth, Penny Lane)
KT’s French Film Fest Reccomendations:
Alpha
Julia Ducournau, 2025
Enzo
Robin Campillo, 2025
The Ice Tower
Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2025
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
David hertzog Dessites, 2024
A Man and a Woman
Claude Lelouch, 2025
General Release:
The Voice of Hind Rajab - Limited
Kaouther Ben Hania, 2025
The Bride - Wide
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2026
The Moment - Wide
Aidan Zamiri, 2026
Plainclothes - Limited
Carmen Emmi, 2025
Astor Theatre:
Beetlejuice
Tim Burton, 1988
+
After Hours
Martin Scorses, 1985
Tix here
ACMI
AIDC
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Mstyslav Chernov , 2025
7pm - Tix
Brunswick & Thornbury Picture House
Live it Up: The Mental as Anything Story
Matthew Walker , 2026
Screening at both BPH and TPH for a limted time (see their listings)
Eclipse - Exclusive
Little Trouble Girls
Urška Djukic, 2025
12.20pm - Tix
See Eclipse listings for more sessions
Astor Theatre:
The Big Ledowski
Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998
8pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao, 2025
6.30pm
Focus On Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi, 2025
7pm
Lido / Classic:
Cult Classics:
The Big Lebowski
Coen Brothers, 1998
8.00pm - Tix
Palace (Penny Lane)
Cult Classic:
The Big Ledowski
Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998
8.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Baz Luhrmann, 2025
1pm - Tix
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
3.15pm - Tix
Cinemaniacs Pres:
The Witches of Eastwick
George Miller, 1987
6.30pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
11am - Tix
Focus on Chloé Zhao
The Rider
Chloé Zhao, 2025
4pm
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao, 2020
6.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
The Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch, 1949
2pm - Tix
Golden Plains
Eco Plex
Films curated by KT’s own Digby Houghton
Starting when it gets dark on Sat and Sun
Astor Theatre:
EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Baz Luhrmann, 2025
1pm - Tix
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
3.30pm - Tix
Sinners
Ryan Coogler, 2015
+
Weapons
Zach Cregger, 2015
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Chinese Independent Film Foundation present:
Love and DutyBu Wancang, 1931
2pm - Tix
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
11am - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Antonioni Modernist Master + Europa:
La Notte
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961
7.00pm - Tix
Eclipse - Exclusive
Obex
Albert Birney, 2025
Midnight - Tix
See Eclipse listings for more sessions
Palace Cinemas
French Film Festival - Centrepiece Gala
All Palace sites (check listing as times are diff)
The Richest Woman in the World
Thierry Klifa, 2025
Tix
-
Westgarth
Independence Day
Roland Emmerich, 1996
8.30pm - Tix
Sun Yarraville
Legally Blonde
Robert Luketic, 2001
2.30pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Chloé Zhao, 2015
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Umbrella Presents:
Pusher
Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996
6.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
The Shop Around the Corner
Ernst Lubitsch, 1949
11am - Tix
Thornbury Picture House
Unknown Pleasures:
Paris Funeral, 1972
Adam C. Briggs, 2021
8.15pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Face/Off
John Woo, 1988
+
Vampire’s Kiss
Robert Bierman, 1988
7pm - Tix
Melbourne Cinémathèque
Tales of Modern Love: Leos Carax, Rebirthing Cinema
ACMI
It’s Not Me
Leos Carax, 2024
7pm
+
Pierre Ou, Les Ambiguités
Leos Carax, 2001
8.05pm
Three week passes here
Chinatown Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective:
Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair, 2001
7.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic
Cult Classic:
Oldboy
Park Chan-wook, 2004
6.30pm - Tix
Sun Yarraville
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarrantino, 2012
7pm - Tix
Also screening on 14/3
General Release:
The Plague - Limited
Charlie Polinger, 2025
Arco - Limited
Ugo Bienvenu, 2025
Anemone - Limited
Ronan Day Lewis, 2025
Re-Release
Dogs in Space
Richard Lowenstein, 1986
Screening for a week at Nova
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao, 2025
6.30pm
Lido / Classic:
Antonioni Modernist Master + Europa:
L’Eclisse
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962
7.00pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
Marty Supreme - 70MM
Josh Safdie, 2025
7pm - Tix
Friday the 13th Part IV: Jason Lives - 40th Anniversary
Tom McLoughlin, 1986
10pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Chloé Zhao
The Rider
Chloé Zhao, 2025
6.30pm
Nova
The Revenant - 10th Anniversary
Alejandro González Iñárritu , 2016
8.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Cult Classics:
La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
8.00pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
French Film Festival:
A Man and A Woman
Claude Lelouch, 1966
1pm - Tix
-
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo, 1986
3.15pm - Tix
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
11am - Tix
Focus on Lav Diaz
Evolution of a Filipino Family
Lav Diaz, 2004
1.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
Leave Her to Heaven
John M. Stahl, 1945
2pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
Batman: The Movie
Leslie H. Martinson
1pm - Tix
The Perfect Woman w/ Jeff Speakman in attendance
Mark DiSalle, 1991
4.30pm - Tix
Yi Yi
Edward Yang, 2000
7.30pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
Edge of Life
Lynette Wallworth, 2025
11am - Tix
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Chloé Zhao, 2015
2pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Santa Sangre
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989
+
American Rickshaw Sergio Martino, 1989
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao, 2020
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Umbrella Presents:
Pusher
Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996
6.30pm - Tix
Static Vision x Nowhere Film Club
Static Vision HQ - 47 Melville St. Brunswick West
Secret 100th Birthday Screening
???, 1926
6.30pm - Tix $10
Lido / Classic
Matinee:
Leave Her to Heaven
John M. Stahl, 1945
11am - Tix
Cult Classics:
La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
8.00pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Joint Security Area
Park Chan-wook, 2000
+
The Chaser
Na Hong-jin, 2008
7pm - Tix
-
500 Days in the Wild - Q&A
Dianne Whelan, 2026
7.15pm - Tix
Melbourne Cinémathèque
Wim Wenders, Roads to Everywhere
ACMI
Kings of the Road
Wim Wenders, 1976
7pm
+
Chambre 666
Leos Carax, 1982
10.15pm
Three week passes here
General Release:
La Grazia - Limited
Paolo Sorrentino, 2025
Proclivitas - Limited
Miley Tunnecliffe, 2025
Re-Release
The Tales of Hoffmann
Powell and Pressburger, 1951
Screening for a week at Nova
Eclipse
Asian Cinema Collective:
Save the Green Planet
Jang Jun-hwan, 2003
6pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Antonioni Modernist Master + Europa:
Red Desert
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964
7.00pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
Sirāt
Oliver Laxe
+
Climax
Gasper Noé
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
1.30pm - Tix
Lido
Cult Classics:
To Die For
Gus Van Sant, 1995
8.00pm - Tix
Astor Theatre
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – with Live Shadow Cast by The Pelvic Thrusts!
Jim Sharman, 1975
7.30pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao, 2025
6.30pm
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
11am - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra, 1934
2pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
The Searchers
John Ford, 1965
+
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock, 1959
2pm - Tix
Taxi Driver - 50th
Martin Scorsese, 1976
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao, 2020
6.30pm - Tix
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
11am - Tix
Astor Theatre:
Taxi Driver - 50th
Martin Scorsese, 1976
7pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Chloé Zhao
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Chloé Zhao, 2015
6.30pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Matinee:
It Happened One Night
Frank Capra, 1934
11am - Tix
Cult Classics:
Donnie Darko (Classic only)
Richard Kelly, 2001
7.00pm - Tix
Brunswick Picture House
Persona
Ingmar Bergman, 1966
6.15pm - Tix
Eclipse
Umbrella Presents:
The House of the Devil
Ti West, 2009
6.30pm - Tix
ACMI
KinoTopia Present:
Jisoe
Eddie Martin, 2005
6.30pm - Tix
No other screenings of note on this day
Melbourne Cinémathèque
Wim Wenders, Roads to Everywhere
ACMI
Wrong Move
Wim Wenders, 1975
7pm
+
The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
Leos Carax, 1982
8.55pm
Three week passes here
General Release:
I Swear - Limited
Kirk Jones, 2025
ACMI
Focus on Wim Wenders
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Asian Cinema Collective:
City on Fire
Ringo Lam, 1987
6pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Antonioni Modernist Master + Europa:
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966
7.00pm - Tix
Brunswick Picture House
Westgate - Q&A
Adrian Ortega, 2025
6.10pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Wim Wenders
The American Friend
Wim Wenders, 1977
6.30pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Africa Film Festival Australia - Opening Night
The Fisherman
Zoey Martinson, 2024
6.50pm - Tix
Lido / Classic:
Cult Classics:
12 Monkeys (Lido)
Terry Gilliam, 1995
8.00pm - Tix
American Psycho (Classic)
Mary Harron, 2000
8.00pm - Tix
The Sun Yarraville
Meet me in Saint Louis
Vincente Minnelli, 1944
10.30am - Tix
Also screening on 29/3
Astor Theatre
Sátántangó
Béla Tarr, 1994
1pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
11am - Tix
Focus on Wim Wenders
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders, 2023
1pm - Tix
Alice in the Cities
Wim Wenders, 1973
4pm - Tix
Buena Vista Social Club
Wim Wenders, 1999
6.30pm - Tix
Focus on Lav Diaz
Melancholia
Lav Diaz, 2008
1.30pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Africa Film Festival Australia
Nawi
Multi Directors, 2024
2pm - Tix
Nteregu
Manuel Loureiro, 2024
4.30pm - Tix
Fanon - Q&A
Jean-Claude Flamond-Barry, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
Lido:
Matinee:
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch, 1939
2pm - Tix
ACMI
Matinees
NFSA Present:
Sweetie
Jane Campion, 1989
11am - Tix
Focus on Wim Wenders
Pina - 3D
Wim Wenders, 2011
2pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Africa Film Festival Australia
This Jungo Life
David Fedele, 2025
2pm - Tix
This Jungo Life
DAkinola Davies Jr., 2025
6.30pm - Tix
Palace (Kino)
French FF: Classic
A Man and a Woman - Restored
WClaude Lelouch, 1966
6.30pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Wim Wenders
The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, 2014
6.30pm - Tix
Eclipse
Umbrella Presents:
The Dirties
Matthew Johnson, 2013
6.30pm - Tix
Lido:
Matinee:
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch, 1939
11am - Tix
No screenings of note on this date yet