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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April
1 WED
ACMI
Focus on Wim Wenders
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders, 1987
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The State of Things
Wim Wenders, 1982
7pm - tix
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Lido / Classic
Grease
Randal Kleiser, 1978
11am - Tix
Preview
The Drama
Kristoffer Borgli, 2026
7pm - Tix
2 THURS
General Release
The Drama - Wide
Kristoffer Borgli, 2025
The President’s Cake - Limited
Hasan Hadi, 2025
Father Mother Sister Brother - Limited
Jim Jarmusch, 2025
-
Astor Theatre
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – 35MM
Quentin Tarantino, 2019
7pm - Tix
-
ACMI
Funny Shorts feat.
The Agreement
Jemma Cotter, 2026
+
How To Bail From a Bad Date
Jackie Hatton, 2026
+
Virginia
Isabella Lovett Pawsey, 2025
+
2 Black 2 Strong
Nurdewi Djamal, 2025
7pm - tix
-
Lido / Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Zabriskie Point
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970
7pm - Tix
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Cinema Nova
Blow Out
Brian de Palma, 1970
9.10pm - Tix
3 FRI
ACMI
Matinees
My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies, 2025
1:30pm - tix
Focus on Wim Wenders
Buena Vista Social Club
Wim Wenders, 1999
3pm - tix
-
Astor Theatre
Hands Across the Table
Mitchell Leisen, 1935
1pm - Tix
The Blues Brothers
John Landis, 1980
7pm - Tix
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Lido:
Army of Shadows
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969
8.00pm - Tix
Classic:
Come and See
Elem Klimov, 1985
4 SAT
ACMI
Matinees
My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies, 2025
11am - tix
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders, 1984
3pm - tix
-
Astor Theatre
The General
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, 1926
11am
King Kong
C. Cooper, B. Schoedsack, 1933
1pm
Stand by Me
Rob Reiner, 1986
3.30pm
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg, 1981
7pm
The Exorcist
William Friedkin, 1973
9.30pm
-
Lido / Classic
Matinee:
The Apartment
Billy Wilder, 1960
2pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Blow Out
Brian de Palma, 1970
10.50am - Tix
5 SUN
ACMI
Once Upon A Time In 華語 Cinema
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987
2pm - Tix
Anselm 3D
Wim Wenders, 2023
3pm - Tix
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Astor Theatre
The Greatest Story Ever Told
George Stevens, 1975
10am
2001: A Space Odyssey – 70mm
Stanley Kubrick, 1968
3pm
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sergio Leone, 1966
7pm
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Hitlist
Rage: an outdoor screening
Curated by @elodielempicka and @felixteto3 in collaboration with @goblin.rave
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The Grace Darling
Cupboard Magazine x Strawberry
SOLD OUT Aus Premiere
Room Temperature
Dennis Cooper, 2025
7pm
6 MON
ACMI
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders, 2023
3pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles, 1941
1pm
Donny Darko
Richard Kelly, 2001
7pm
-
Brunswick Picture House
The President’s Cake
Hasan Hadi, 2025
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The Drama
Kristoffer Borgli, 2026
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Cinema Nova
Blow Out
Brian de Palma, 1970
8.45pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Umbrella Pres:
Bad Boy Bubby
Rolf de Heer, 1993
18:30 - Tix
7 TUES
Nothing of note yet
8 WED
ACMI
The Melbourne Cinematheque
27A
Esben Storm, 1974
7pm - Tix
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Going Down
Haydn Keenan, 1982
8:50pm - Tix
-
Brunswick Picture House
Iron Winter + filmmaker Q and A
Kasimir Burgess, 2025
6:10pm - tix
-
Lido / Classic
Annie Hall
Woody Allen, 1977
7pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
The Tales of Hoffman (75th Anniversary)
Powell and Pressburger, 1951
4.10pm - Tix
Blow Out
Brian de Palma, 1970
10.450am - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Club DVD
Irma Vep
Oliver Assayas, 1996
6.30pm - Tix
9 THURS
General Release
All That’s Left of You
Cherien Dabis, 2025
undertone
Ian Tuason, 2025
The Deb
Rebel Wilson, 2025
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ACMI
The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, 2014
6:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson, 2019
+
Rivers Edge
Tim Hunter, 1986
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
The Passenger
Michelangelo Antonionii, 1975
7pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Asian Cinema Collective pres:
A tale of Two Sisters
Kim Jee-woon, 2003
6pm - Tix
10 FRI
ACMI
My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies, 2025
1:30pm - tix
Alice in the Cities
Wim Wenders, 1973
6:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Tenet 70MM
Christopher Nolan, 2020
+
Dunkirk 70MM
Christopher Nolan, 2017
7pm
-
Lido
Amadeus
Miloš Forman, 1984
8pm - Tix
-
Classic
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese, 1990
8pm - Tix
11 SAT
ACMI
Matinees
My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies, 2025
11am - tix
Focus on Lav Diaz
Norte, the End of History
Lav Diaz, 2013
1:30pm - Tix
Pina 3D
Wim Wenders, 2011
6:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Features
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Mel Stuart, 1971
+
Moonwalker 35MM
Kramer, Blashfield, 1988
2pm start
True Stories
David Byrne, 1986
+
Dreams
Kurosawa, Honda, 1990
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic
Matinee
Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock, 1946
2pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Bounty Pres:
Queen Evil - Q&A
Harry J. Wall, 2025
4.30pm - Tix
12 SUN
ACMI
My Father's Shadow
Akinola Davies, 2025
11am - tix
-
Astor Theatre
A Knight’s Tale
Brian Helgeland, 2001
4.30pm
Double Features
The Big Sleep
Howard Hawks, 1946
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The Maltese Falcon
John Huston, 1941
7pm start
-
27A
Esben Storm, 1974
7pm - Tix
13 MON
ACMI
Funny Shorts feat.
The Agreement
Jemma Cotter, 2026
+
How To Bail From a Bad Date
Jackie Hatton, 2026
+
Virginia
Isabella Lovett Pawsey, 2025
+
2 Black 2 Strong
Nurdewi Djamal, 2025
7pm - tix
Astor Theatre
Double Features
Carrie
Brian De Palma, 1976
+
Dressed to Kill
Brain De Palmna, 1980
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic
Matinee
Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock, 1946
11am - Tix
Lido:
Amadeus
Miloš Forman, 1984
11am - Tix
-
Classic:
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese, 1990
11am - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Afternoons of Solitude + filmmaker Q and A
Albert Serra, 2024
6:15pm - tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Umbrella Pres:
Showgirls
Paul Verhoeven, 1995
6.30pm - Tix
14 TUES
Brunswick Picture House
Afternoons of Solitude + filmmaker Q and A
Albert Serra, 2024
6:15pm - tix
-
Lido / Classic
Looking for Alibrandi
Kate Woods, 2000
7pm - Tix
15 WED
ACMI
Melbourne Cinematheque
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021
7pm - Tix
+
Like Nothing Happened
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2003
9:20pm
-
Chinatown Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective pres:
Floating Life
Clara Law, 1996
7.30pm - Tix
16 THURS
General Release
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy - Wide
Lee Cronin, 2026
The Stranger - Limited
Francois Ozon, 2025
Fuze - Wide
David Mackenzie, 2025
-
Cinema Nova
Ringo- 15th Anniversary season start
Gore Verbinski, 2011
-
Lido / Classic
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Identification of a Woman
Michelangelo Antonionii, 1982
7pm - Tix
17 FRI
ACMI
Matinees
Mirrors No. 3
Christian Petzold, 2025
1:30pm - Tix
Drag Week
XOS: A Cry for Help
Alan Woodruff, 1984
6:30pm - Tix
The Queen
Frank Simon, 1968
7:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Ghostbusters with Ernie Hudson LIVE
Ivan Reitman, 1984
7pm
-
Lido:
Gummo
Harmony Korine,1997
8pm - Tix
-
Classic:
Amadeus
Miloš Forman, 1984
8pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Beyond Horror pres:
Exit 8
Genki Kawamura, 2025
4.30pm - Tix
18 SAT
ACMI
Polyester
‘Screening in Odorama’
John Waters, 1981
4pm - Tix
Lust in the Dust
Paul Bartel, 1984
6:30pm - Tix
Drag Week
Pink Flamingos + Drag Bingo
John Waters, 1972
8pm - Tix
-
Lido / Classic
Matinee
All That Heaven Allows
Douglas Sirk, 1955
2pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Under a Bamboo Sky
Serge Ou, 2026
11.20am - Tix
It Will Find You - Q&A
Chris Broadbent, Enzo Tedeschi, 2026
6.45pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Brad Silberling, 2004
10am - Tix
Bounty Pres:
Start from Scratch - Q&A
James Huang, Elizabeth Sandy, 2013
4.30pm - Tix
19 SUNDAY
ACMI
Drag Week
Morocco
Josef von Sternberg, 1930
2pm - Tix
Some Like It Hot
Bill Wilder, 1959
4pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Alphabet Lane - Q&A
James Litchfield, 1986
4pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
The Delta Force
Menahem Golan, 1986
5.30pm
Vagabond
Agnès Varda, 1985
7.30pm
-
Lido/ Classic
Musical/Retro
Oklahoma!
Fred Zinnermann, 1955
4pm - Tix
-
Lido:
Panorama of Chinese Film
To Live
Yimou Zhang, 1994
2pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Undeniable - ENCORE
8.30pm - Tix
20 MON
ACMI
Drag Week
Party Monster
Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, 2003
6pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Blow Out
Brian De Palma, 1981
+
Body Double
Brain De Palmna, 1984
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic
Matinee
All That Heaven Allows
Douglas Sirk, 1955
11am - Tix
Lido:
Gummo
Harmony Korine, 1997
11am - Tix
Classic:
Amadeus
Miloš Forman, 1984
11am - Tix
21 TUES
ACMI
Drag Week
Victorian Queens
Andrew Cox & Joseph Gardner, 2022
6pm - Tix
Paris is Burning
Jennie Livingston, 1990
7:30pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Wolfram - Q&A
Warwick Thornton, 2026
6.50pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
The Birthday Trip - FREE
James Robert Woods, 2026
6.30pm - Tix
The pro bono screening is accompanied by the launch of a companion publication called In Lieu of a Film Festival Run.
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22 WED
ACMI
Drag Week
Be A Woman
Fan Popo 范坡坡, 2009
6:30pm - Tix
The Melbourne Cinematheque
Asako I & II
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2018
7pm - Tix
+
The Depths
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2010
9:15pm
-
Lido / Classic
Oklahoma!
Fred Zinnermann, 1955
11am - Tix
23 THURS
General Release
Alpabet Lane - Limited
James Litchfield, 2025
Calla Malaga - Limited
Maryam Touzani, 2025
Exit 8 - Wide
Genki Kawamura, 2026
-
ACMI
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Stephan Elliot, 1994
‘Screening with live shadow cast’
7:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
The Dark Crystal
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, 1982
7pm
-
Lido / Classic:
Michelangelo Antonioni: Modernist Master
Beyond the Clouds
Michelangelo Antonionii, 1995
7pm - Tix
-
Cinema Nova
Gummo
Harmony Korine, 1997
7, 9.20pm - Tix
24 FRI
ACMI
Mirrors No. 3
Christian Petzold, 2025
1:30pm - Tix
Focus on Lav Diaz
From What Is Before
Lav Diaz, 2014
1:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Cinemaniacs:
Messiah of Evil
Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, 1974
6.30pm
Alien Double Feature
Alien
Ridley Scott, 1979
+
Aliens
James Cameron, 1986
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Brunswick Picture House
The Holy Boy
Paolo Strippoli, 2025
9pm - tix
Thornbury Picture House
100 Nights of Hero
Julia Jackman, 2025
6:15pm - tix
25 SAT
Astor Theatre
Alien Double Feature
Alien
Ridley Scott, 1979
+
Aliens
James Cameron, 1986
6.30pm
-
Lido / Classic:
Matinee
Scarface
Howard Hawks, 1932
2pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Umbrella Pres:
The Fall
Tarsem Singh, 2006
6.30pm - Tix
Bounty Pres:
Wanda & Sully - Q&A
Matt Williams, 2023
8.30pm - Tix
26 SUN
ACMI
Music Documented
One to One: John & Yoko
Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards, 2024
2:30pm - Tix
Magellan - Q&A w/ Lav Diaz!
1.30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Muppets take Manhattan
Frank Oz, 1984
+
Labrinth 40th Anniversary
Jim Henson, 1986
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic
Tommy
Ken Russel, 1975
4pm - Tix
-
Thornbury Picture House
Dracula
Radu Jude, 2025
3pm - tix
-
Cinema Nova
Under a Bamboo Sky
Serge Ou, 2026
11.20am, 2pm - Tix27
27 MON
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Mission Impossible
Brian De Palma, 1996
+
The Untouchables
Brian De Palma, 1987
7pm start
-
Lido / Classic:
Matinee
Scarface
Howard Hawks, 1932
11am - Tix
Cult Classics
Alien Double Feature
Alien
Ridley Scott, 1979
+
Aliens
James Cameron, 1986
7pm - Tix
-
Eclipse Collingwood
Umbrella Pres:
The Piano Teacher
Michael Heneke, 2001
6.30pm - Tix
28 TUES
ACMI
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority presents
Top Screen: Screening Only
BlackBoxWarrior – OKULTRA
Victoria Kammel, 2025 (Nazareth College)
+
Willowshade
Joshua McMillan, 2025 (Donvale Christian College)
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Network
Sidney Lumet, 1976
+
Ace in The Hole
Billy Wilder, 1951
7pm start
-
Thornbury Picture House
Fantastic Film Festival
www.RachelOrmont.com
Peter Vack, 2024
8:15pm - tix
-
Cinema Nova
Casino
Martin Scorcese, 1995
7pm - tix
29 WED
ACMI
Melbourne Cinematheque
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2013
7pm - Tix
+
The Sound of Waves
Ryusuke Hamagachi, 2012
8:45pm
-
Astor Theatre
Kapodistrias
Yannis Smaragdis, 2025
7pm
-
Lido / Classic
Tommy
Ken Russel, 1975
11am - Tix
30 THURS
General Release
The Devil Wears Prada 2 - Wide
David Frankel, 2026
Wolfram - Limited
Wawrick thornton, 2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley - Limited
Amy Berg, 2026
Hokum - Wide
Damian McCarthy, 2026
-
ACMI
New Voices in Australian Cinema
Iron Winter + filmmaker Q and A
Kasimir Burgess, 2025
7:30pm - tix
Spotlight on Hong Kong Horror
Mr Vampire (殭屍先生)
Ricky Lau, 1985
6:30pm - Tix
-
Astor Theatre
Double Feature
Escape from New York
John Carpenter, 1981
+
They Live
John Carpenter, 1988
7pm start