Celebrate Pride Month at Cinema Nova with a curated selection of premiere screenings, new releases, Nova favourites, and big-screen classics exploring stories of the queer experience from across the globe. The program will screen from Friday June 10 to Wednesday June 15.

‘Pride On Screen’ will open with the Melbourne premiere of FIRE ISLAND, Joel Kim Booster and Andrew Anh’s hilarious reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, on Friday June 10 at 7pm. Ticket will include a mimosa on arrival, in-cinema giveaways and an opening night after party in the Nova Bar.

See the full program outline below and further details and session times here.

‘Pride On Screen’ New Releases

  • The hilarious queer comedy FIRE ISLAND at Nova’s Opening Night Gala.
  • Cult musician St Vincent and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia)’s meta-comedy THE NOWHERE INN.
  • The sensual true story, banned in Russia, of a soldier and a fighter pilot embarking on a clandestine affair at the height of 1970s Communist rule, FIREBIRD.
  • Cannes Grand Prix winner COMPARTMENT NO. 6.
  • Kaleidoscopic queer fantasy, and Nova exclusive, AFTER BLUE.

‘Pride On Screen’ Big-Screen Classics
A selection of queer cinema favourites that simply must be experienced on the big screen.

MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
PRIDE MOONLIGHT
HEAD ON CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
52 TUESDAYS THE BIRDCAGE
A SINGLE MAN MAURICE
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO  
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