‘Most influential cinema in the country’ celebrates 30 years

Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly reckons Danish director Lars von Trier’s harrowing, Oscar-nominatedwas probably the first film he ever caught at Carlton’s beloved arthouse champion.

“I remember sitting in the front row of what’s currently cinema four, and if you know that film, Lars is very fond of handheld camera work and extreme close-ups, and it probably wasn’t the best place to sit,” Connelly recalls. “But it profoundly affected me.”It was February 1997, and the Nova, now the largest independent cinema in Australia, was then a humble fourplex with a glass-walled foyer and curved candy bar downstairs.

While he loves hearing tales of the ghosts of Nova’s past, he’s not convinced the cinema’s haunted, despite it taking over a former funeral parlour – you can still see the old arched business sign on Lygon Street. “I’ve been in the theatre at all hours and never seen anything supernatural, but I love that people think that possibility is real.”While lockdowns were a challenge, Connelly says Nova fans flocked back when they reopened.

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