Middle East Film and Comic Con

The Middle East Film & Comic Con (commonly referred to as MEFCC) is a speculative fiction convention held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the month of March.

Initially featuring comic books, science fiction/fantasy and film/television, MEFCC has grown to become a regional pop-culture centerpiece that curates almost all forms of popular arts and pop culture elements, including horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. It also focuses on regionally created content such as Xero Error, Freej, , Gold Ring, The Sons of Two Suns , etc. The convention is the first and largest of its kind in the Middle East region.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming films, portfolio review sessions with comic book companies and a cosplay contest.

Over its history, MEFCC has hosted many celebrities in the world of pop-culture, including Jason Momoa, John Rhys-Davies, Gillian Anderson, William Shatner, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Anthony Mackie, and Liam Cunningham.

History[]

The convention was founded in April 2012 by a Dubai-based events management and communications agency ExtraCake PRA and The Alliance. In 2018 Informa Canada Inc. took over operation of the event.^{[citation needed]}

Event history[]

Dates	Convention Name	Location	Guests	Notes
April 20–21, 2012	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Marine Club, Mina Seyahi Hall	Jason Momoa, Laurie Holden, John Rhys-Davies, Luciana Carro, Mark Sheppard, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Sonia Leong	People at the 2012 convention.
April 5–6, 2013	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Marine Club, Mina Seyahi Hall	Sean Astin, Alan Tudyk, Warwick Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Manu Bennett, Max Landis, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt	over 20,000 fans from across the region in attendance [7]
April 3–5, 2014	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre	Seth Green, Taylor Kitsch, Michael Jai White, Giancarlo Esposito, Tony Jaa, Christopher Sabat, Max Landis, Sylvester McCoy
April 9–11, 2015	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre	Gillian Anderson, Hayley Atwell, William Shatner, Angelica Bridges, Caitlin Glass, Kelly Hu, Sam J Jones, Max Landis, Vic Mignogna, Bryce Papenbrook, Clive Standen, Miltos Yerolemou, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa	an attendance of over 50, 000
April 6–8, 2016	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre	Stan Lee via live video, Veronica Taylor, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Summer Glau, Christopher Lloyd, Nick Frost, Fabian Nicieza, Kevin Eastman, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Whilce Portacio
April 6–8, 2017	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre	Anthony Mackie, Liam Cunningham, Josh McDermitt, Greg Grunberg, Chad Hardin, Nicole Marie Jean, Linda Le, Kevin Smith, Kane, Faisal Al Hashmi, Mustafa Abbas, Reshel Shah Kapoor
April 5–7, 2018	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre	Ezra Miller, Jenna Coleman, Kristian Nairn, Karl Urban, Jason David Frank, Ray Chase, Tom Cook, Robbie Daymond, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Adam Kubert, Stu Levy, Yishan Li, Max Mittelman, Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Phil Ortiz, Arthur Suydam, Long Vo
April 11–13, 2019	Middle East Film and Comic Con	Dubai International Exhibition and Conference Centre building, Dubai World Trade Centre

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