ADAPTATION

(WILDCARDS OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER)

Writer: Sam Murray (Dubai)

Directors: Zainab Sumaiyah Jalal and Peter George William Baker

Presented by the American University of Dubai

Cast: Rohan Healy (Bill), Dalia Sleiman (Mother), Sam Murray (Michelangelo), Rasheed Hattab (Leonard), Mira Kanj (Mona-Lisa)

While Shakespeare and Michelangelo collaborate on a Romeo and Juliet web series—and question the meaning of art itself—Leonard finds himself fascinated by a mysterious woman named Mona...

COMFORT ZONE

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 1)

Writer: Peri Desai (Dubai)

Director: Peri Desai

Cast: Jessica Avedikian (Fayrouz), Victoria Williams (Ruby)

When Two girls meet each other in a store's fitting room neither imagines how they see themselves will change in that chance encounter.

CORYBUNGUS  

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 2)

Writer: Stephen Bittrich(USA)

Director: Kailash Nair 

Cast: Siddarth Sivaprakash(Mr. Weiner), Kailash Nair (a bookstore returns clerk)

Theatre Group: Theatrics

A bookstore customer believes there is a word mistakenly excluded from the voluminous Oxford English Dictionary. Chaos ensues when the customer tries to return a supposedly defective dictionary back to the bookstore.

END OF THE TUNNEL

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 3)

Written by David S. Raine

Directed by Courtney Bennett and Phil Ridley

Presented by the American School of Dubai (ASD)

Cast: Paige Ardill (Elizabeth), Maia Macpherson (Nona), Marieke Bosman (Kris)

There is something different about this family relationship.

 I LOVED YOU TWO

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 3)

Writer: Jai Shewaramani

Director: Jannat Pawan Manghnani

Producer: Pawan Manghnani, AishOutt Productions

Cast: Pawan Manghnani (Aal), Hitesh Sukhnani (Lucky), Hiba Khan (Riya)

What if the person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger?

Lucky & Aal reprise their roles in this dark sequel to the 2015 hit “I Love You Two”

IN SICKNESS AND IN WEALTH

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 1)

Writer: Sarim Irfan (Pakistan)

Directors: Sarim Irfan & Khayyam Khalid

Lighting: Ryan D'Sa

Cast:Deepak Venugopal (Ali), Svetlana Mishr (Sarah), Muffi Bootwala & Sabiha Majgaonkar (Ali’s parents), Chris McDermott (Narrator)

Its not a love marriage…Its a love plus arranged marriage and this is the first night they are going to be together…Alone!

MADAARI (HINDI)

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 2)

Writer: Jayant Pawar (India) 

Hindi Translation: Devendra Lawate (Dubai)

Director: Nilesh Deshpande (Dubai)

Cast: Devendra Lawate (Madaari), Nilesh Deshpande (Bear)

 ‘Madaari’ is a story of a struggle, a war, a battle between a human mind & animal mind. The character of the ‘Madaari’ represents a human mind whereas, the ‘Jamoora (the bear in the play) represents the animal mind inside a human.  It clearly highlights & underlines the fact that ‘it’s us – humans – who think of living in peace not by killing – but by letting to live.’

RAMBUNCTIOUS RIO

(WILDCARDS OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER)

Writer: Rayna Felicia (Dubai)

Director: Rayna Felicia

Cast: Michal Żyliński (Victore Deville), Rithik Rahul Soni (Detective Walter), Robert Mardini (Detective Filk), Taylor Ré Lynn (Penelope Dhow), Rayna Felicia (Riona Marionette)

Rambunctious Rio is about a girl who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. With detectives close on her tail, Rio manages to get her fiancé, Victore, into quite a few situations while she remains unscathed. A hilarious comedy that ends with a twist.

THE LUNAR ECLIPSE

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 4)

Writer: Pawan Manghnani, (Dubai, UAE)

Director: Pawan Manghnani

Producer: Jannat Manghnani, Aish Outt Productions

Cast: Rohit Menon (Ajay Malhotra), Jennifer Mauerhofer (Jade-Cooper Malhotra), Amlan Sengupta (Viraajmaan)

Friday 13th Feb 1963, An Indo-American couple move to a mansion in Bhilwara Village, India to sort out an impending inheritance battle & realize the secrets of the blood moon.

THINGS CHANGE

(PEOPLE'S CHOICE - TOP 40 WEEK 4)

Writer: Farheen Khan (Dubai, UAE)

Director: Shahbaaz Mazgaonkar

Assistant Director: Sabiha Majgaonkar

Production: Ryan D'Sa

Presented by Orb Theatricals

Cast: Kailash Nair (Kay) & Zerleena Khan (Mumtaz)

A story of a brother and a sister interspersed over three decades. A story of friendship, family, misunderstanding and sacrifice. Everything is not as simple as it seems ... besides things change.