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Multiple venues

Film sessions are held across two venues. Please check your session carefully before booking.

Cinema Nova — 380 Lygon Street, Carlton

• Tuesday 6 October, 10.30am 
  Calle Málaga (Morocco/Spain, 2025) 
  Rated M | 116 minutes | Drama | In Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles
  Maria Ángeles, a spirited 79-year-old Spanish widow, has lived in her beloved Tangier apartment for forty years. When her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell it from under her, she fights back — and along the way unexpectedly rediscovers love and belonging. A warm, sun-drenched drama anchored by a magnificent performance from Carmen Maura. Winner of the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival.
   
• Wednesday 7 October, 10.30am
  The Christophers (USA, 2026) 
  Rated MA15+ | 101 minutes | ​​​​​Comedy | ​​​
  Close to completely giving up on her artistic career, Lori is approached by the estranged children of renowned painter Julian Sklar with an offer to forge his abandoned paintings so they can collect the inheritance once he passes, she accepts. Ingratiating herself into Julian’s life under the guise of being an assistant, Lori’s ruse makes way for a constant battle of wits, twists, and shifting allegiances as they delve into deviousness to reveal thorny truths about artistic integrity.
   
• Thursday 8 October, 10.30am
  Supernova (UK, 2020)
  Rated M | 95 minutes | Drama | 
  Partners of twenty years, Sam and Tusker embark on a road trip across England in their old campervan — but beneath the journey lies an unspoken reckoning. Since Tusker's diagnosis with early-onset dementia, their time together has never felt more precious, or more fragile. As secrets surface and private plans unravel, their love for each other is tested like never before. Starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci
   
• Wednesday 14 October, 10.30am 
  The Farewell (USA/China, 2019) 
  Rated PG | 100 minutes | Comedy | Some Mandarin with English subtitles
  Billi, a headstrong Chinese-American writer returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with a terminal illness. She struggles with her family’s decision to keep Grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see Grandma one last time. A moving, humorous story of love and loyalty, exploring whether “a good lie” makes someone leaving any easier.
   
• Thursday 15 October, 10.30am
  Thelma (USA, 2024) 
  Rated M | 98 minutes | Comedy
  When 93-year-old Thelma Post is scammed out of $10,000 by a caller posing as her grandson, she refuses to be a victim. Armed with grit and a motorised scooter, she sets off across Los Angeles to get her money back. A warm, funny action-comedy that celebrates older people with agency and humour. Starring June Squibb (Academy Award nominee) and the late Richard Roundtree in his final role.

Library at the Dock — 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands VIC 3008

• Friday 9 October, 1.30pm
  Late Bloomers (USA, 2023) 
  Rated M | 92 minutes | Comedy
  Louise, an aimless 28-year-old musician in New York, drunkenly breaks her hip and ends up in physical therapy alongside patients twice her age. An unlikely friendship with Antonina, a cantankerous elderly Polish woman who speaks no English, forces both of them to confront what it means to grow up — and grow old. A bittersweet intergenerational comedy-drama starring Karen Gillan.

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