

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Hands Up Who'd Like a Hug?: Comedy Fest Screenings (Apr 8-15)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am – Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: Melbourne Comedy Festival Event Screenings: Featuring live appearances by the cast and crew of this hilarious independent Melbourne-made comedy!

Produced on iPhone13, featuring a brilliant young comic cast, made on the smell of an oily rag, a Melbourne-made, hilarious, heart-warming comedy is coming to Cinema Nova as part of a very special Melbourne Comedy Festival presentation.Thomas, a young oddball millionaire without any friends, sobers up a homeless drunk, Deacon, in an effort to make his very first friend. 

Meanwhile Thomas’s neighbour, Blake, discovers his girlfriend once had a ‘Three-Day Life-Changing Sex Marathon’ with his best mate, Logan. Although this happened years before Blake and his girlfriend got together, Blake is so intimidated, he decides to end the friendship with Logan – only Logan won’t let him. These four guys become entangled when Blake and Logan start competing to be Thomas’s best mate just to annoy each other. Thomas, oblivious to the real reason for their sudden interest, is ecstatic about new friend prospects but Deacon becomes homicidally possessive.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/hands-up-whod-like-a-hug-comedy-fest-screenings-apr-8-15/200029755472306
- **Event Categories**: comedy, festivals, sports, marathons
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.cinemanova.com.au/films/hands-up-whod-like-a-hug?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=melbourne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Melbourne
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 380 Lygon Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3053
- **lat**: -37.79804
- **long**: 144.96767
- **full address**: 380 Lygon Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3053, 368 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia, Melbourne

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cinema Nova (https://allevents.in/org/cinema-nova/8571838)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 380 Lygon Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3053, 368 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia, Melbourne
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cinema Nova
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** comedy, festivals, sports, marathons
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hands Up Who'd Like a Hug?: Comedy Fest Screenings (Apr 8-15) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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