Egyptian director Ahmed Ibrahim will compete in the 37th CINEMED - International Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier (24- 31 October) with his short Al Matour, which will have two screenings within the Short Fiction Films Competition.

Written and directed by Ahmed Ibrahim, the 14 minutes film Al Matour is produced by Ibrahim's Al-Haweya Al-Amireya Films. When the simple task of going to the beach seems nearly impossible, 25 year old Yasser and his two friends get stuck in the middle of nowhere. In the silence of the Egyptian desert they are forced to confront themselves and one other.

Starring Onos, Mohamed Mostafa and Mostafa Abdo, the film's crew also includes the award-winning cinematographer Tarek Hefny, who has previously collaborated with Ibrahim on Noor. The film is edited by Lydia Rui and Hisham Saqr with a musical score by Mark Louque.

Al Matour screening times at CINEMED - International Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier GMT +2:

Monday, 26 October at 12:00 pm in Corum - Salle
Thursday, 29 October at 06:15 pm in Corum - Salle