"The biggest European festival focused on Jewish themes in contemporary cinematography"—according to the Polish Embassy in Bern.

Active participation of the audience is specialty of the festival, which organizes direct meetings with the film directors after each screening.

The festival received such positive attention both from international guests and Polish local audience that at the closing ceremony Chojecki said "see you next year" and this promise he keeps continuing.

Traditionally the opening and closing ceremonies are led by Andrzej Wajda (Polish film director) and (Polish-Jewish writer) Józef Hen.From the beginning, the festival has taken place regularly in Spring, around the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 – which is celebrated as according to the Hebrew (not Julian) calendar.

Each year the festival is also accompanied by additional events: from kosher cuisine cooking workshops to expert debates on recent topics.Awards are in several categories: