2 May – The grand IPC Movie Fiesta held at the IPC Shopping Centre, Mutiara Damansara concluded with a bang as the event hosted the IPC Movie Fiesta Cosplay Competition on 28 April 2013 which saw many Cosplayers gracing the event with their colourful impersonations! The last day of the 18 day movie event drew many enthusiastic Cosplayers in full costumes as they strutted on with their best impersonations to win the top prize; a 50 inch Panasonic Plasma television worth RM3,199! The event received an overwhelming response but the competition was limited to only the first 30 registered participants. Winners were selected by how well they portrayed their favourite character with a short 1 to 5 minute performance on stage to gain points and impress the judges. Making waves at the event, the Cosplayers came in all sorts of characters; Jedi, Captain America, Iron Man, Jack Frost from "Rise of the Guardians", Predator and Spider Man, but after evaluating the performance of each Cosplayer, the winner for this year's Cosplay contest went to P'ng Geok Woon who came dressed as the anime ninja, "Naruto"! At second place winning a 42 inch Panasonic Plasma television worth RM1,699, Wong Yoon Wei dazzled the crowd as Jedi ru-en Wei, while the third placing got contestant Leong Keng Hoong who cosplayed as Shadow X, a 32 inch Panasonic LCD television RM999. While consolation winners Abid bin Bahari (Captain America) and Asyraf Noor Azizi (Jack Frost) took home iPod docks worth RM649 each!
The IPC Movie Fiesta 2013 which took place from 11 to 28 April is an annual event by Cinema Online and IPC Shopping Centre. It's highlights include various contests, exhibition of films and fun movie themed activities. Here are some highlights from the IPC Movie Fiesta Cosplay Competition!