Moonlight Cinema
Sydneysiders don’t need many excuses to roll out a picnic rug, pop a bottle of pét-nat and spend a balmy evening under the stars – but this summer, Moonlight Cinema is making an especially solid case. Australia’s favourite outdoor cinema is back for another season, bringing blockbuster releases, festive favourites and family films Centennial Park’s leafy amphitheatre.
Since opening in 1995 with a screening of Pulp Fiction, Moonlight Cinema has become a pretty beloved Sydney summer tradition. Expect golden-hour picnics and hours sprawled on comfy bean beds catching up with friends before settling in for a movie under the stars.
From Wednesday, November 25, 2026, the Belvedere Amphitheatre in Centennial Parklands will once again transform into an open-air cinema, with screenings running until Sunday, March 28, 2027.
Leading the new season is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which will kick things off in Sydney on November 25. The opening program also includes plenty of new releases, from psychological thriller Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, to a gloriously tear-jerking new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility (screenplay written by Sydney’s very own Diana Reid). Other highlights include The Social Reckoning, Practical Magic 2 and Wild Horse 9, alongside preview screenings of A Talent for Murder, starring Helen Mirren, on December 6 and Cat in the Hat on December 30.
Naturally, things will get super festive around...