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The Convert

The Convert

The Convert is a 2023 historicaldrama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne and Te Kohe Tuhaka. The script for the film was written by Tamahori and Shane Danielsen from a story by Michael Bennett based on the 2011 novel Wulf by Hamish Clayton. It is an international co-production between New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

The Convert premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023. The film was released in New Zealand on 14 March 2024 and in Australia on 20 June 2024. It was also Tamahori's final film before his death on 7 November 2025.