

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Whale Rider ? | School holiday screening ?️
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 am
- **Event Description**: Twelve-year-old Paikea would be next in line to lead her people – if only she were a boy. When her beloved grandfather begins to train the boys in their remote and beautiful Māori community, she must defy him to take her rightful place.

Winner of audience awards at Toronto and Sundance, Keisha Castle-Hughes gives a stunning performance as Pai in this moving adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel.

‘The rhythms of Whale Rider are hypnotic as the ebb tide, haunting as the song of the humpback sea mammal, bracing as the ocean spray. It's a movie that rewards the patient viewer.’ – Philadelphia Inquirer
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/whale-rider-|-school-holiday-screening-️/200029366627710
- **Event Categories**: holiday, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/events/whale-rider?utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_campaign=canberra-events&utm_content=event+listing&utm_term=summer_whalerider

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Mccoy Cct , Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
- **lat**: -35.28295
- **long**: 149.12231
- **full address**: Mccoy Cct , Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: NFSA Canberra (https://allevents.in/org/nfsa-canberra/23800753)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/f19b3cd5d0747d75e56601389237b24b353adf9a245452a22786e54a41469c25-rimg-w300-h300-dceeeff1-gmir?v=1768827345

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mccoy Cct , Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NFSA Canberra
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** holiday, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Whale Rider ? | School holiday screening ?️ ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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