The best cosplay at Dubai's Middle East Film and Comic Con 2019 – in pictures

Film and comic fans were out in force for the three-day convention

Asad Mudeer in cosplay as Loki. Victor Besa / The National.

Sumi Cosplay as 'Game of Thrones' character Daenerys Targaryen with Iwan Rheon, who played Ramsay Bolton on the show. Instagram / Sumi Cosplay

Saif Bindhabooi as a 'Walking Dead' zombie. Victor Besa / The National.

Bashar Nizam as The Wizard. Victor Besa / The National.

A zombie cosplayer attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. AFP

Noob Saibot as Just Yeliz. Victor Besa / The National

Jumana Tahmaz as Weiss Schnee and Natalea Gotez as Ruby Rose from RWbY. Victor Besa / The National

A guest dressed as a Wile E. Coyote. EPA

Makenzie Landeros as Frozen's Elsa. Victor Besa / The National

Maha Mansour as Pikachu, Alya Ali as Sans from Undertale and Maitha Alnuaimi as Chloe from Life is Strange. Victor Besa / The National

Jeremy Grange as Obi Wan Kenobi. Victor Besa / The National

Cosplayers in action. Victor Besa / The National

Emma Ghanam as a unicorn themed costume. Victor Besa / The National

Jump for the camera. Victor Besa / The National

Guardians of the Galaxy cosplayers. Victor Besa / The National

Kevin Lim as Spider-Man. Victor Besa / The National

Guests in zombie costumes attend the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

Tia Planojevic gets into character. Victor Besa / The National

Maram Balash as Hidan from the anime, Naruto. Victor Besa / The National

Cosplay was very popular at the 2019 MEFCC. Victor Besa / The National

Caoimhe Doherty as Marceline from Adventure Time. Victor Besa / The National

Sofi Vasyleva as Momo Yaoyorozu from Boku No Hero Academia. Victor Besa / The National

Cosplayers competing on stage. Victor Besa / The National

Victor Besa / The National

Thanos arrives. Victor Besa / The National

Victor Besa / The National

The Joker arrives. Victor Besa / The National

Sara Brugioli, Adelina Delmas as Ahri from LOL and Nour Fenniche as Teemo. Victor Besa / The National

Harley DXB strikes a pose. Victor Besa / The National

Cosplayers on day two of MEFCC. Victor Besa / The National

Abdul Majid Malky as Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal. Victor Besa / The National

Sana Khan as Bowsette of Mario Bros. and Mariam Khan as 2B from Nier: Automata. Victor Besa / The National

A group of cosplayers arrive. Victor Besa / The National

A cosplay selfie. Victor Besa / The National

Colourful characters at MEFCC. Victor Besa / The National

Antonie Robertson / The National

Antonie Robertson / The National

Black Panther cosplay. Antonie Robertson / The National

Antonie Robertson / The National

An inflatable tyrannosaurus rex. Antonie Robertson / The National

Mini Superman. Antonie Robertson / The National

A guest dressed as a Captain Jack Sparrow. EPA

A guest in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

Guests in costumes attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC). EPA

epa07500141 A guest dressed as a zombie attends Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

A guest in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

Guests in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

Guests in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

A guest dressed as Jerry from Tom and Jerry attends the Middle East Film & Comic Con. EPA

Guests in Star Wars series costumes attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con. EPA

Guests in zombie costumes attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC). EPA

A guest in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

A guest in costume attends the Middle East Film and Comic Con. EPA

Stormtrooper cosplayers attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con. AFP

Cosplayers attend the Middle East Film & Comic Con on April 13 , 2019, in Dubai, AFP

Cosplay is always one of the highlights from Middle East Film and Comic Con, and the 2019 convention was no exception.

Scroll through the gallery above to see a selection of some of the best cosplay that was on display over the proudly geeky weekend.

MEFCC 2019 saw some 50,000 walk through its doors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from April 11 to 13, and many dedicated fans came in full cosplay.

One particular cosplayer was Sumi Cosplay, whose Daenerys Targaryen costume was so realistic, it almost fooled Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon.

"I was walking outside and he did a double take, like he thought I was the real thing," Sumi proudly told The National. 

She also posed for a photo with the show's star: 

On day three, Sumi dressed as Elsa from Disney's Frozen. The incredibly detailed dress and cape took her seven days to hand-make. She individually sewed each bead on to the bodice for a costume, she assures us, and it is identical to the animated-movie look.

Sumi was at the convention with her fiance, Saud Al Hazzani, who is also a cosplayer. The pair met through cosplay and were both judges at the cosplay competition.

The top prizes were claimed by Lucy Watson and Naif Alsheneify; the pair will now travel to Japan for the summit’s global finals.

Cosplay looks ranged from kid-friendly Tom and Jerry costumes to Walking Dead zombies, anime characters and plenty of Marvel and DC character tributes. Full families were spotted dressed up together at the event, as well as friends in group costumes.

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