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Cinema in Motion is a space at San Sebastian International Film Festival open to feature films at the end of their filming or at the post-production stage, made by filmmakers from the Maghreb, Portuguese-speaking African countries and developing Arab countries: Angola, Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Palestine, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Syria and Tunisia.

Three of the selected directors have previously participated in this programme, thus certifying the interest of the projects presented. Both the Jordanian Mahmoud al Massad and the Moroccan Leïla Kilani participated in the third edition of Cinema in Motion with their respective projects, Recycle and Nos lieux interdits, with the Jordan winning the event.

Mohamed Al-Daradji, co-director of House For Sale, being presented in this edition, was able to complete his Son of Babylon based on the footage of In The Sands of Babylon, winner of Cinema in Motion 5. With this work, Al-Daradji participated at Sundance Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), in addition to landing the Amnesty International Film Prize and the Peace Film Award at the Panorama Section of the Berlinale.

Films completed with the aid received at San Sebastian Festival have participated in the most prestigious festivals in the international arena. Recycle (Mahmoud al Massad, 2007) was screened in the official competitions of international festivals including San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Fribourg, Rotterdam, Sundance and Dubai, winning the Best Photography Award in the World Documentary category at Sundance. Nos lieux interdits (Leïla Kilani, 2008) participated in the Tangiers, Nantes and Burkina Faso Festivals and in Milan''s African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, among others.

Moreover this year, the Dubai International Film Festival adds its backing to the prize-winning projects with an aid towards post-production of €5,000. The Dubai International Film Festival will also give important backing to promoting the Cinema in Motion programme in Arab countries. Aid anticipated for Cinema in Motion 6 therefore amounts, with this new incorporation, to:

· Mac''Tari mixing studio: €15,000 in sound mixing services
· Centre National du cinéma et de l''image animée (CNC): €5,000 towards the cost of post-production in France
· Dubai International Film Festival: €5,000 towards post-production costs
· Amiens Festival: A 35 mm copy
· Fribourg Festival: A 35 mm copy
· Titra Film: €2,500 towards subtitling in French or English