Veszprém has previously hosted film events such as a television festival and the Veszprém-Balaton Filmpiknik in 2020.

The Hungarian Motion Picture Festival will screen a selection of Hungarian feature films, television and short films, as well as animated and documentary films from 2020, and also some films from 2021.

Besides screenings of new Hungarian films and restored old classics the four-day festival will also feature exhibitions, concerts, programmes for children and Q&As. The full programme will be announced at a later date.

The Hungarian Film Awards, established in 2014, will be announced at the closing ceremony of the festival on 26 June 2021.

The Hungarian Film Week was established in 1965. It was initially held in Pécs, in the south of Hungary, but it moved to Budapest in 1983.