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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JANUARY
1 THURS
General Release:
Resurrection - Limited
(Bi Gan, 2025)
2 FRI
No screening of note.
3 SAT
Fed Square
Mamma Mia
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
8pm - Free
4 SUN
Fed Square
Mamma Mia 2
6pm - Free
+
Mission Impossible Fallout
8pm - Free
5 MON
Fed Square
Grease
6pm - Free
+
Point Break
8pm - Free
6 TUES
Fed Square
Grease 2
6pm - Free
+
The Matrix
8pm - Free
7 WED
Thornbury Picture House
Spongebob Movie
Derek Drymon, 2025
1.30pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Paris Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
3.15pm - Tix
-
8 THURS
General Release:
Nouvelle Vague - Wide
Richard Linklater, 2025
Christy - Wide
David Michod, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema plus others:
The Fire Raven
Boon-lip Quah, 2025
Escape from the Outland
Shen Ao, 2025
Back to the Past
Jack Lai, Ng Yuen-Fai, 2025
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Urchin
Harris Dickinson, 2025
Starting at Eclipse and Sun Theatre
Thelma and Louise
Ridley Scott, 1991
Nova exclusive
-
Fed Square
Labyrinth
6pm - Free
+
Terminator 2
8pm - Free
9 FRI
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sinners
Ryan Coogler, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Previews:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Nova - 6.40pm
-
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks S1
Pilot + Episodes 1 and 2
David zlynch, 2017
7pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Cinema
‘Retro Classix’ program
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola, 1999
9pm - Tix
10 SAT
Astor Theatre
Passion Fish
John Sayles, 1992
+
The Secret of Roan Inish
John Sayles, 1994
2pm - Tix
Director in attendance
Lone Star
John Sayles, 1996
+
Matewan
John Sayles, 1987
7pm - Tix
Director in attendance
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
4pm - Tix
A House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ Program
2001: A Space Odyssy
Stanley Kubrick, 1968
7pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Joint Security Area
Park Chan-wook, 2000
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Ecipse Cinema
‘Retro Classix’ program
The Club
Bruce Beresford, 1980
9pm - Tix
-
Artist Film Workshop
Dot Matrix
Richard Tuohy, 2013
6pm- Free
ACMI - Tix
11 SUN
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz, 1942
+
Singin’ in the Rain
Stanley Doonan, 1952
2pm - Tix
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
David Lynch, 1992
7pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengance
Park Chan-wook, 2002
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
12 MON
Preview:
No Other Choice
Park Chan Wook, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 6pm
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Old Boy
Park Chan-wook, 2003
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Astor Theatre
Le Samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
7pm - tix
13 TUES
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Lady Vengance
Park Chan-wook, 2005
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Preview:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
- All Palace Cinemas - 7pm
- Lido* & Classic* - 7.30pm
Lido & Classic audiences get free Marty Supreme A3 poster
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
The Wolves Always Come at Night
Gabrielle Brady, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Paris Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
8.15pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa, 1961
+
Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa, 1962
Screening from 7pm - Tix
14 WED
Preview:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
Nova - 6.30pm
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Nia DaCosta, 2026
All Palace - 6.3pm - Tix
Nova - 7pm - tix
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Life After
Reid Davenport, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok
Park Chan-wook, 2006
Lido & Classic 7pm Tix
15 THURS
General Release:
No Other Choice - Wide
Park Chan Wook, 2025
Dreams - Limited
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2025
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Labyrinth
Jim Henson, 1986
Nova exclusive
-
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
Cinema Nova - 7pm
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Thirst
Park Chan-wook, 2009
Lido & Classic 7pm
Tix here
-
Astor Theatre
The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973
+
Trash Humpers
Harmony Korine, 2009
7pm - Tix
17 SAT
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks: The Return Episodes 1-9
David Lynch, 2017
1pm - Tix include coffee and donut
-
Brunwick Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
2.00pm - Tix
-
ACMI
‘Best of 2025’ program
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, 2024
5pm - Tix
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ program
Lucifer Rising
Kenneth Anger
+
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Kenneth Anger
7pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.10pm - Tix
-
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook, 2016
Lido & Classic 7pm - Tix
18 SUN
Park Chan-wook Retrospective:
Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook, 2022
Lido & Classic 7pm Tix here
-
Preview:
Blue Moon
(Richard Linklater, 2025)
All Palace Cinemas - 2pm
-
Astor Theatre
Twin Peaks: The Return
Episodes 10- 18
David Lynch, 2017
1pm - Tix include coffee and donut
-
ACMI
‘Psychedelic Cinema’ program
El Topo
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
3pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
3.25pm - Tix
-
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
4.50pm - Tix
19 MON
No screening of note yet
20 TUES
Preview:
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi, 2025
All Palace Cinemas - 6pm
-
ACMI
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Infernal Affairs
Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Free for members
-
Cinema Nova
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
6.30pm - Free for members
+
Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard, 1963
Double screening from 7pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh, 1999
6.30pm - Tix
21 WED
70mm Release:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
70mm season commences at the Astor
-
Astor Theatre
The Lord of the Rings
Extended Edition Marathon
Peter Jackson, 2001-03
11am - Tix
-
ACMI
‘Best Films of 2025’
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof, 2024
6.30pm - Tix
-
Brunwick Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.35pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
8.55pm - Tix
22 THURS
General Release:
Marty Supreme - Wide
Josh Safdie, 2025
The Secret Agent - Limited
Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema:
Unexpected Family
Tayyan Li, 2026
-
General Release:
Marty Supreme - Wide
Josh Safdie, 2025
The Secret Agent - Limited
Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema:
Unexpected Family
Tayyan Li, 2026
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
I am Eleven
Gabrielle Bailey, 2015
Nova exclusive
-
I am Eleven
Gabrielle Bailey, 2015
Nova exclusive
-
24 SAT
Club DVD
Rabbit Proof Fence
Phillip Noyce, 2002
6.30pm - Tickets here
Library Portal, Northcote
Opposite 11 Hawthorn Road, Northcote.
-
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
‘Psychedelic Cinema’
3 Women
Robert Altman, 1977
7pm - Tix
26 MON
27 TUES
Artist Film Workshop
AFW + NFSA #74: Light Smith — films by Will Hindle
FFFTCM
Will Hinde, 1967
+
Billabong
Will Hindle, 1968
+
Chinese Fire Drill
Will Hindle, 1968
+
Watersmith
Will Hindle, 1969
8pm - $10 on the door.
The Brunswick Green
313/315 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
ACMI
ACMI & Gaba Musik present:
Blaktivism is Film
65,000 Years Strong
Laura Thompson, 2023
+
Echoes of Dissent
Dylan Nicholls, 2025
+
The Moogai
Jon Ball, 2024
6.30pm Tix
28 WED
Gay24
Fireworks
Kenneth Anger, 1969
+
It’s a Camp
Barry Pollock, 1969
+
Before Stonewall
Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg, 1984
7.30pm - Free
Flippy’s | 646 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056
29 THURS
General Release:
Blue Moon - Limited
Richard Linklater, 2025
It Was Just an Accident - Limited
Jafar Panahi, 2025
-
Opening at Chinatown Cinema:
Busted Water Pipes
Difei Zhou, 2026
-
Retrospective / Second Run Release:
Marathon Man
John Schlesinger, 1976
Nova exclusive
-
ACMI
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Chunking Express
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
6.30pm - Free for members
-
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective Preseent:
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook, 2026
6.30pm
-
Preview:
Send Help
Sam Raimi, 2026
Lido Cinemas
7.30pm - Tix (Drink on arrival)
30 FRI
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
1.30pm - Tix
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
A City of Sadness
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1989
6.30pm
31 SAT
ACMI
‘Matinees’
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
‘Focus on Lav Diaz’
Magellan - VIC Premiere
Lav Diaz, 2025
1.30pm
‘Focus on Tony Lueng Chiu-wai’
Lust, Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
3pm - Tix
Presented by the Chinese Independent Film Foundation:
Three Summers
Lawrence Ah-Mon, 1992
6.30pm - Tix
FEBRUARY
1 SUN
Astor Theatre
70mm:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
3pm, 7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinee:
Ran
Akira Kurosawa, 1985
11am - Tix
The Terrorizers 恐怖份子*
Edward Yang, 1986
2pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
-
Lido Cinema
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
Her - w/ Intro
Spike Jonze, 2013
4.30pm - Tix
Q&A
Westgate
Adrian Ortega, 2025
6pm - Tix
2 MON
Astor Theatre:
70mm:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai, 2000
6.30pm, 7pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Cinema
Umbrella Presents:
The Fall
Tarsem, 2006
6.30pm - Tix
3 TUES
Astor Theatre:
70mm:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
7pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Double Feature:
Cure
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997
+
Pulse
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001
7pm - Tix
4 WED
Astor Theatre:
70mm:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
7pm - Tix
Melbourne Cinémathèque (ACMI)
Early 1970s Road Movies Season
Two-Lane Blacktop
Monte Hellman, 1971
7pm
+
Badlands
Terrence Malick, 1973
9pm
CTEQ Tix
5 THURS
General Release:
Is This Thing On - Wide
(Bradley Cooper, 2025)
Saipan - Limited
(Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa, 2025)
We Bury the Dead - Limited
(Zak Hilditch, 2025)
-
Sub-Run / Re-Release:
Hamnet
Chloe Zhao, 2025
Screening Daily at Eclipse Cinema
Josie and the Pussycats
Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont, 2001
Screening daily at Cinema Nova
-Astor Theatre:
Big Trouble in Little China
John Carpenter, 1980
+
Vanishing Point
Richard C. Saraian
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
Infernal Affairs
Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Tix
-
Eclpise Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective Present:
Tampopo
Juzo Itami, 1987
6pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
The Story of a Love Affair
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1950
7pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Q&A
Pasa Faho
Kalu Oji, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
6 FRI
Astor Theatre:
Tree of Life
Terrence Mallick, 2011
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
2046
Wong Kar-wai, 2006
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics:
Clerks
Kevin Smith, 1994
8pm - Tix
7 SAT
Astor Theatre:
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook, 2025
+
Rashomon
Akira Kurosawa, 1950
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai, 2000
1.30pm - Tix
Love Unto Waste*
Stanley Kwan, 1986
4pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
4.30pm - Tix
Lust, Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
6.30pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Howl’s Moving Castle
Hayeo Miyazaki, 2004
12pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinees:
Modern Times
Charles Chaplin, 1936
2pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Spirited Away
Hayeo Miyazaki, 2001
11.25am - Tix
Pasa Faho - Q&A
Kalu Oji, 2025
3.50pm - Tix
8 SUN
Astor Theatre:
Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater, 2025
+
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
A City of Sadness*
Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989
2pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
-
Classic & Lido
Make it Musical:
Top Hat
Mark Sandrich, 1935
4pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
Lars and the Real Girl - w/ Intro
Craig Gillespie , 2007
4.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater, 2025
+
Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard, 1960
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
A City of Sadness*
Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989
2pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
-
Classic & Lido
Make it Musical:
Top Hat
Mark Sandrich, 1935
4pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
Lars and the Real Girl - w/ Intro
Craig Gillespie , 2007
4.30pm - Tix
9 MON
Astor Theatre:
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier, 2025
+
Die My Love
Lynne Ramsay, 2025
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
Happy Together
Wong Kar-wai, 1997
6.30pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Cinema
Umbrella Presents:
Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinees:
Modern Times
Charles Chaplin, 1936
11am - Tix
Cult Classics
Clerks
Kevin Smith, 1994
7.30pm - Tix
10 TUES
Cinema Nova
Double Feature:
Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973
+
El Topo
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
7pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Europa Europa FF Presents:
Pillion - Vic Premiere Screenings
Harry Lighton, 2025
7pm - Tix
11 WED
Cinema Nova
Preview Screening:
Sirât
Oliver Laxe, 2025
7pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Preview w/ Drink on Arrival:
Sirât
Oliver Laxe, 2025
7.30pm - Tix
-
Melbourne Cinémathèque (ACMI)
Early 1970s Road Movies Season
The Sugarland Express
Steven Spielberg, 1974
7pm
+
Vanishing Point
Richard C. Sarafian, 1971
9.05pm
CTEQ Tix
12 THURS
General Release:
Wuthering Heights - Wide
Emerald Fennell, 2025
Little Wonder Bear - Wide
Eduardo Schuldt, 2025,
-
Re-Release:
The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme, 1991
Screening daily at Cinema nova
-Astor Theatre
Eraser Head
David Lynch, 1977
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
The Longest Nite*
Tat-Chi Yau, 1997
6.30pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
-
Lido & Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Le Amiche
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1955
7pm - Tix
-
Palace Cineamas
Preview w/ drink on arrival
Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell, 2026
Screening at all Palace screens from 6.45pm.
Check here for cinema specific timings.
13 FRI
Astor Theatre:
Mullholland Drive
David Lynch, 2001
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
Infernal Affairs
Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Fun Time Film Club:
Donnie Darko
Richard Kelly, 2004
9pm - Tix
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics:
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese, 1976
8pm - Tix
-
Palace Cineams
Golden Club Preview:
Jimpa
Sophie Hyde, 2025
Screening at all Palace screens from 1pm.
Check here for cinema specific timings.
14 SAT
Cinema Nova
Q&A:
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania, 2025
4.45pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre:
The Princess Bride
Rob Reiner, 1987
7pm - Tix
Blue Velvet
David Lynch, 1986
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees:
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
Focus on Lav Diaz
Batang West Side
Lav Diaz, 2001
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
2046
Wong Kar-wai, 2006
3.30pm - Tix
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai, 1994
7.30pm - Tix
Valentine’s Day Screening
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir, 1975
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinees
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Blake Edwards, 1961
2pm - Tix
Check here for Lido’s Valentine’s Day screenings.
15 SUN
ACMI
Matinees:
Dreams
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2025
11am - Tix
Unknown Pleasures Presents:
Return Home
Ray Argall, 1990
1pm - Tix
Q&A w/ Ray Argall and Mandy Walker moderated by Digby Houghton
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
Three Summers*
Lawrence Ah-Mon, 1982
2pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
Happy Together
Wong Kar-wai, 1997
4.15pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
CIFF presents:
Panorama of Chinese Film:
Bel Ami
Geng Jun, 2024
2pm - Tix
Make it Muscial:
The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming, 1939
4pm - Tix
Lido Cinema*
Q&A & Live Score
Bonegilla - The Migrant’s Journey
Simon Reich, 2025
2pm - Tix
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
Robot Dreams- w/ Intro
Pablo Berger, 2023
4.30pm - Tix
-
Palace Westgarth
Wild at Heart
David Lynch, 1990
8.45pm - Tix
16 MON
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai:
Lust, Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
6pm - Tix
Love Unto Waste*
Stanley Kwan, 1986
6.30pm - Tix
Presented by CIFF*
-
Eclipse Cinema
Umbrella Presents:
Love & Other Catastrophes
Emma-Kate Croghan, 1996
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinees
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Blake Edwards, 1961
11am - Tix
Cult Classics:
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese, 1976
7.30pm - Tix
17 TUES
Cinema Nova
Double Feature:
Shrek
+
Shrek 2
7pm - Tix
Melbourne Fashion Festival Special Screening:
Gianni Versace - Emperor of Dreams
Mimmo Caloprest, 2023
7.10pm - Tix
18 WED
Cinema Nova
Preview Screening:
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
David Borenstein, 2026
7.10pm - Tix
-
Melbourne Cinémathèque (ACMI)
Early 1970s Road Movies Season
Wanda
Barbara Loden, 1970
7pm
+
Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson, 1970
8.55pm
CTEQ Tix
19 THURS
General Release:
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Wide
Baz Luhrmann, 2025
Jimpa - Limited
Sophie Hyde, 2025
Pillion - Limited
Harry Lighton, 2025
Sound of Falling - Limited
Mascha Schilinski, 2025
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie - Limited - Actually opens on the Friday***
Matt Johnson, 2026
-
Cinema Nova
Filmmaker Q&A:
Jimpa
Sophie Hyde, 2025
6.45pm - Tix
-
ACMI
New Voices in Australian Cinema - Co-pres by MIFF
Upfield
Paddy Hay, 2025
+
Gore Street, Fitzroy
Zoe Coldham, 2025
6pm - SOLD OUT
Pasa Faho
Kalu Oji, 2025
7pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Europa Europa Film Festival Opening Night
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, 2025
7.30pm - Tix
Full Program here
-
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Il Grido
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1957
7pm - Tix
20 FRI
ACMI
Matinees
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
New Voices in Australian Cinema - Co-pres by MIFF
Spare Time
Maria Angelico & Rhys Mitchell, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Nirvanna the Band the Show, the Movie
Matt Johnson, 2025
8pm, 9.55pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics
Ghost in the Shell
Mamoru Oshii, 1995
8pm - Tix
21 SAT
ACMI
Matinees
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
New Voices in Australian Cinema - Co-pres by MIFF
Fwends
Sophie Somerville, 2025
2pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinee
Trouble in Paradise
Ernst Lubitsch, 1932
2pm - Tix
22 SUN
Astor Theatre:
Twin Peaks
David Lynch, 1989-2017
Screening a selection of episodes from season 1 and 2 and episode 8 of The Return.
11am - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Special Screening:
Hot Fuzz
Edgar Wright, 2007
6.50pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
New Voices in Australian Cinema - Co-pres by MIFF
Westgate
Adrian Ortega, 2025
2.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Make it Muscial:
Oliver!
Carol Reed, 1968
4pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
After Yang - w/ Intro
Koganada, 2022
4.30pm - Tix
-
Palace Cineams
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
Jean Valjean
Éric Besnard, 2025
Screening at all Palace sites from 3.30pm - Tix
Astor Theatre:
Twin Peaks
David Lynch, 1989-2017
Screening a selection of episodes from season 1 and 2 and episode 8 of The Return.
11am - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Special Screening:
Hot Fuzz
Edgar Wright, 2007
6.50pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Matinees
Love
Dag Johan Haugerud, 2024
11am - Tix
New Voices in Australian Cinema - Co-pres by MIFF
Westgate
Adrian Ortega, 2025
2.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Make it Muscial:
Oliver!
Carol Reed, 1968
4pm - Tix
-
Lido Cinema*
Friend Film Festival: Human-Machine Relationships on Screen:
After Yang - w/ Intro
Koganada, 2022
4.30pm - Tix
-
Palace Cineams
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
Jean Valjean
Éric Besnard, 2025
Screening at all Palace sites from 3.30pm - Tix
23 MON
Eclipse Cinema
Umbrella Presents:
Dead End Drive-In
Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986
6.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinee
Trouble in Paradise
Ernst Lubitsch, 1932
11am - Tix
Cult Classics
Ghost in the Shell
Mamoru Oshii, 1995
7.30pm - Tix
25 WED
Cinema Nova
Filmmaker Q&A:
Floodland
Jordan Biusti, 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Melbourne Cinémathèque (ACMI)
Leos Carax Season
Les amants du Pont-Neuf
Leos Carax, 1991
7pm
+
Mauvais Sang
Leos Carax, 1986
9.25pm
CTEQ Tix
26 THURS
General Release:
Sirât - Limited
Oliver Laxe, 2025
Floodland - Limited
Jordan Giusti, 2025
The Testament of Ann Lee - Wide
Mona Fastvold, 2025
-
Lido & Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
L’Avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960
7pm - Tix
28 SAT
ACMI
Focus on Lav Diaz
Phantosmia
Lav Diaz, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
-
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinee
Giant
George Stevens, 1956
2pm - Tix
March
1 SUN
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
2 MON
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
3 TUES
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
4 WED
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
5 THURS
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 for times)
-
Eclipse (Exclusive)
Little Trouble Girls
Urška Djukic, 2025
12.20pm - Tix
See Eclipse listings for more sessions
6 FRI
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
7 SAT
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
8 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
-
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
9 MON
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
10 TUES
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
11 WED
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
12 THURS
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
13 FRI
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
14 SAT
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
15 SUN
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
16 MON
Astor Theatre
Santa Sangre
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989
+
American RickshawSergio 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
17 TUES
ACMI
Art + Film:
Artist Film Workshop 2026
Agoda Asleep at Home
dir. Lucas Haynes, 5 mins, 16mm
Bolognaogna
dir. Bryce Kraehenbuehl, 5 mins, Super 8
Cradle & Step
dir. Max Schoeman, 5 mins, 16mm
Gay Cowboy
dir. Giorgos Efthiminou, Iannos Lianos, Sebastian Vaccaris, 2 mins, 16mm
Heimþrá eða Nostalgía
dir. Melody Woodnutt, 7 mins, 16mm
I Go Down to the Shore
dir. Georgia Spain, 10 mins, 16mm
Tix - 6.30pm
-
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
18 WED
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
19 THURS
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
20 FRI
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
21 SAT
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
22 SUN
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
23 MON
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
24 TUES
ACMI
KinoTopia Present:
Jisoe
Eddie Martin, 2005
6.30pm - Tix
No other screenings of note on this day
25 WED
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
26 THURS
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
27 FRI
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
28 SAT
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
-
Eclipse:
Assembly Lines: Montage in Postwar French Film - Book Launch
Including a screening of:
Paris 1900
Nicole Vedrès, 1947
5pm - 7pm
Tix from $10. Screening plus book from $45
-
Lido:
Matinee:
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch, 1939
2pm - 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
-
Eclipse:
Assembly Lines: Montage in Postwar French Film - Book Launch
Including a screening of:
Paris 1900
Nicole Vedrès, 1947
5pm - 7pm
Tix from $10. Screening plus book from $45
-
Lido:
Matinee:
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch, 1939
2pm - Tix
29 SUN
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
My Father’s Shadow
Akinola Davies Jr., 2025
6.30pm - Tix
-
Palace (Kino)
French FF: Classic
A Man and a Woman - Restored
WClaude Lelouch, 1966
6.30pm - Tix
30 MON
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
31 TUES
No screenings of note on this date yet