Name: FNDM Dubai
Start: 2025-10-04
End: 2025-10-05
Location: Concourse Convention Center

4 - 5 October 2025|Concourse Convention Center, Dubai Outlet Mall, UAE

All Fandoms. One Universe.

Welcome to FNDM

Authentic. Unfiltered. A fan-first pop culture community event powered by the team behind the Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC). Join us on 4 - 5 October in Dubai for an unforgettable celebration of anime, comics, art, music, cosplay, gaming, and everything you love.

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Your World. Your People. Your Weekend.

Born from MEFCC. Built for the fans who stay through the credits. FNDM is the UAE’s newest community-driven pop culture event.

We’re bringing fans together in an immersive, inclusive space where anime meets gaming, comics meet cosplay, and everyone’s inner geek gets to shine.

When: 4 & 5 October 2025
Where: Concourse Convention Center – Dubai Outlet Mall

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Iconic Anime Voices Lineup 2025

Find out who's making their way to FNDM this October!

Makoto Tamura

KNOWN FOR: KING FROM ONE PIECE

Biography

ISSHIN CHIBA

KNOWN FOR: JIN KAZAMA FROM THE TEKKEN SERIES

Biography

COMIC CREATORS LINEUP 2025

Meet And Greet Renowned International And Homegrown Comic Artists.

DEXTER SOY

KNOWN FOR: CAPTAIN MARVEL, BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS, RED HOOD, AVENGERS VS. X-MEN, INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK, SUICIDE SQUAD, AND NIGHTWING.

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JANE PICA

Known For: WARRIORS AND A WEE WONDER, LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK EDITION OF DISNEY’S LILO & STITCH, THE GIRLS SURVIVE BOOK SERIES, AND CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION BOOKS.

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PAOLO PANTALENA

Known For: CAPTAIN MARVEL, DARKHAWK, TEEN TITANS, RED HOOD/ARSENAL, FATHOM, ROBYN HOOD AND LADY DEATH, JIRNI, AND MORE

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COSPLAYERS... ASSEMBLE!

MEET THE PRO-COSPLAYERS JOINING US AT FNDM 2025

KALYPSO

IDOL SUPERSTAR AND WCS 2025 TEAM UAE FINALIST

Cosplaying since 2016, Kalypso embodies the art of character performance through her idol work and creative competitive skits - showcasing that stage presence can make or break a cosplay!

Starting off as an amateur idol in 2019 with Lunar Idols, she’s grown into a formidable entertainer through the formation of her own group; Tidal Idols!

As her skills progressed, Kalypso has had the honor to represent the UAE during the 2025 World Cosplay Summit in Japan.

VIN

IDOL SUPERSTAR AND WCS 2025 TEAM UAE FINALIST

Vin is a Dubai-based cosplayer, sewist and idol performer who has been in the community since 2017, and making their own cosplays since 2021.

Attending their first convention and discovering cosplay at ten years old, Vin became inspired and began attending events in cosplay as well, eventually going on to craft their own costumes and combining newly found passion and skills with their previous love for dancing - leading Vin to become a performer with Tidal Idols!
They honed their skills to make several of their dream cosplays come to life, competing in several crafting competitions across the country and having the honor to represent the UAE in the 2025 World Cosplay Summit!

ERIM COSPLAY

WCS 2023 TEAM UAE REPRESENTATIVE AND WCS 2022 AND 2024 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS JUDGE

Erim Cosplay (Eissa Bastaki) is a Cosplay Veteran and one of the key starters of the UAE’s Cosplay Community. Having a passion for Cosplay for years, Erim has been a focal point of the development and passing of the expertise of Cosplay since the before MEFCC even started, having organised and participated in small community gatherings and events in Dubai.

This led him to participate in and win several cosplay competitions, which in turn got him a few cosplay judging gigs including MEFCC 2022, and eventually led to him participating in and winning the WCS 2023 Team UAE Qualifiers, where he represented the UAE alongside fellow cosplayer, Alex Can Cosplay, at the WCS 2023 Championship finals in Nagoya.