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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February
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
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
Astor Theatre:
70mm:
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, 2025
7pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Double Feature:
Cure
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997
+
Pulse
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001
7pm - Tix
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
Eclipse Cinema
Club DVD
Totally F***ed Up
Gregg Araki, 1993
8:30pm - Tix
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
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective Present:
Tampopo
Juzo Itami, 1987
6pm - Tix
Fed Square
The Player
Robert Altman, 1992
8pm - Free
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
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
Coburg Drive In
Almanac Picture Show III
Local Shorts, Various Artists
8:00-10:30pm - Tix
Fed Square
Hairspray
John Waters, 1988
8pm - Free
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics:
Clerks
Kevin Smith, 1994
8pm - Tix
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
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:
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
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
Chinatown Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective
Eat Drink Man Woman
Ang Lee, 1994
7.30pm Tix
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
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*
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective
Burning
Chang-dong Lee, 2018
6pm - Tix
Lido & Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Le Amiche
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1955
7pm - Tix
Palace Cineams
Preview w/ drink on arrival
Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell, 2026
Screening at all Palace screens from 6.45pm.
Check here for cinema specific timings.
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.
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.
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
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
Fed Square
For the Term of his Natural Life
Norman Dawn, 1927
Hybrid soundtrack by DJ Lori
8pm - Free
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinees
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Blake Edwards, 1961
11am - Tix
-
Cult Classics:
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese, 1976
7.30pm - Tix
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
Fed Square
The Fall of the House of Usher
Jean Epstein, 1928
Live score by DJ Emelyne
8pm - Free
Static Vision
Louise Weard Presents:
Panacea
210 Johnston St, Collingwood VIC
8pm - Free (but can donate if you want)
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
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
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
Static Vision
Castration Movie Anthology i. The Traps
w/ Louise Weard in attendance
Static Vision HQ
6pm - Sold Out
Cinema Nova
Filmmaker Q&A:
Jimpa
Sophie Hyde, 2025
6.45pm - Tix
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective
Linda Linda Linda
Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005
6.45pm - Tix
Fed Square
The General
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, 1926
Live score by Blue Grassy Knoll
8pm - Free
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
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
Fed Square
The Goddess
Wu Yonggang, 1934
Live score by Mindy Meng Wang and Burkhard Dallwitz
8pm - Free
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics
Ghost in the Shell
Mamoru Oshii, 1995
8pm - Tix
Static Vision + GAY24 + BUFF
Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds
(+ live Q+A with director Louise Weard in-Person)
Estonian House
4.30pm - Tix
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
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
Static Vision
Louise Weard’s Secrets
Static Vision HQ
2pm - Tix
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
-
Europa! Europa Film Festival
Afternoons of Solitude
Albert Serra, 2024
8.15pm - Tix (Lido Only)
Cinema Nova
Retro:
Lust Caution
Ang Lee, 2007
6.30pm - Tix
Artist Film Workshop + NSFA
Light Smith: Films by Will Hindle
FFFTCM
1967
Billabong
1968
Chinese Fire Drill
1968
Watersmith
1969
The Brunswick Green
8.00pm - $10 Tix on door
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
Gay24
Louise Weard x Gay24 Takeover
Bar Flippy’s
7:30pm - Free
General Release:
Sirât - Limited
Oliver Laxe, 2025
Floodland - Limited
Jordan Giusti, 2025
The Testament of Ann Lee - Wide
Mona Fastvold, 2025
Eclipse Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective
Chungking Express
Wong Kar wai, 1994
6.45pm - Tix
Lido & Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
L’Avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960
7pm - Tix
-
Europa! Europa Film Festival
Afternoons of Solitude
Albert Serra, 2024
1.30pm - Tix (Lido Only)
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Hero
Zhang Yimou, 2002
7.00pm - Tix
Lido & Classic
Cult Classics
Climax
Gasper Noé, 2018
8pm - Tix
-
Europa! Europa Film Festival
Continues until March 19
Tix
ACMI
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai
A City of Sadness
Hou Hsiao-Hsien , 1989
6.30pm - Tix
-
Matinees
Colour of Pomegranetes
Sergei Parajanov, 1969
1.30pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Monstor Fest ‘86
Night of the Creeps
Fred Dekker, 1986
7.00pm - Tix
Chopping Mall
Jim Wynorski, 1986
9.00pm - Tix
ACMI
Focus on Lav Diaz
Phantosmia
Lav Diaz, 2024
1.30pm - Tix
Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Infernal Affairs
Wai Keung Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
6.30pm - Tix
Lido & Classic
Classic Matinee
Giant
George Stevens, 1956
2pm - Tix
Cinema Nova
Monstor Fest ‘86
Friday the13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Tom McLoughlin, 1986
9.00pm - Tix
Deadly Friend
Wes Craven, 1986
9.00pm - Tix
Big Trouble in Little China
John Carpenter, 1986
4.30pm - Tix