The event is part of the European Capital of Culture programmes, a title which Pecs holds in 2010.
Oscar-award winning Czech director Jiri Menzel will preside over the jury at the event to be held from October 4 to 10.
Ten documentaries and ten features by debutant directors in central and eastern Europe will compete for the festival's main prize, Festival Director Janos Keresnyei told the press.
The festival will host the Hungarian premier of Turkish Semih Kaplanoglu's Berlinale-winner Bal (Honey), about a little boy growing up in a Turkish village, and a new film by the young Hungarian director Agnes Kocsis, Adrienn Pal, starring a young woman suffering from weight problems.
Other highlights of the festival include Dimitar Mitovski's Mission London, a Bulgarian-led co-production which has beaten Avatar in viewer numbers in its home country, the Hungarian Diana Groo's Vespa and the Czech Marke Najbrt's Champions.
An opera by Hungarian contemporary composer Tibor Szemzo called "Csoma" will kick-off the festival on October 4 and there will be fringe programmes and musical events, such as a concert by Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra and a moving "film truck" will offer entertainment throughout the city during the week-long festival.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
