The Ecumenical Jury in Miskolc 2025 awarded its Prize to ‘The President's Cake’ (OT: Mamlaket al-Qasab, Iraq, USA, Qatar, 2025) by Hasan Hadi. The film also won the awrads of the Jury of the International Film Critics Associaton (Fipresci) and the jury of the Association of European Art House Cinemas (CICAE). The Emeric Pressburger Award, the festival's main prize, went to ‘Sentimental Value’ (Affeksjonsverdi, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, 2025) by Joachim Trier, while the Adolf Zukor Award, the festival's Grand Prix, went to ‘The Chronology of Water’ (USA, France, Latvia, Spain, Great Britain, 2025) by Kristen Stewart.
The Cinefest Miskolc 2025 opened on September 5 with "La venue de l'avenir" (Colours of Time, France, Belgium, 2025) by Cédric Klapisch, a comedy set at the end of the 19th century and the present time. The festival is composed by the international competition of long feature films, the Open Eye section with outstanding films of the last year, the CineNewWva competition for animation and short films from Hungary, long documentaries in Cinedocs, and historical films in CineClassics. Director Péter Tímár and actor Róbert Koltai were honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and Norwegian director Erik Poppe received the Ambassador of European Cinema Award.