David Lynch Film Festival
Palace Nova Cinemas invites you to journey through David Lynch’s most iconic works—films that shocked critics, inspired filmmakers, and carved out a place in cultural history. Whether you’re a lifelong Lynch devotee or ready to dive into his dream-logic worlds for the first time, this festival is an invitation to experience the uncanny and unforgettable in the way it was meant to be seen—on the big screen, with the lights low and your imagination wide open. From the industrial nightmare of Eraserhead to the dreamlike twists of Mulholland Dr., David Lynch has redefined cinema as both a medium of beauty and terror, laughter and darkness. Academy Award–nominated filmmaker, painter, musician, and surrealist master, Lynch creates worlds that shimmer between reality and nightmare—films that are best experienced in the immersive glow of the big screen.
"Lynch's remarkable first feature is a true original." - Time Out
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, this haunting story of dignity and cruelty features unforgettable performances by John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins.
Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Best Director Award, Lynch’s noir masterpiece peers behind white picket fences to reveal darkness beneath suburbia.
A cult phenomenon of sci-fi worldbuilding, now celebrated for its ambition and singular vision.
The unsettling prequel to the beloved series, a fever dream that has grown in stature as one of Lynch’s most powerful works.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, this violent love story burns with rock ’n’ roll energy and Southern Gothic flair.
Beautiful, bizarre and strangely addictive. Voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll.
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
Dr. Frederic Treves discovers Joseph Merrick in a sideshow. Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the "Elephant Man."
The unsettling prequel to the beloved series, a fever dream that has grown in stature as one of Lynch’s most powerful works.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, this violent love story burns with rock ’n’ roll energy and Southern Gothic flair.
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopaths
A cult phenomenon of sci-fi worldbuilding, now celebrated for its ambition and singular vision.