Founded in 2004, the festival since its beginnings has been directed by Tibor Biró. It has developed into one of the most important festivals in Hungary. Since 2011, the festival has been accompanied by an ecumenical jury. It chooses its prize-winner from the films in the feature film competition, which comprises 16 entries in 2022. Among others, "Return to Dust" by Ruijun Li (China 2022), "EO" by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Italy 2022) or "Close" by Lukas Dhont (Belgium, Netherlands, France 2022) will be shown and celebrate their Hungarian premiere in Miskolc. Of the three Hungarian films in the competition programme, two are world premieres.