The festival has been held since 1953 and has quickly become a prestigious showcase of traditional folk culture and its folklorized expressions. Every year, hundreds of performers are presented here in dozens of artistic author programs, including winners of national competition shows of folklore groups, ensembles, children's ensembles, folk music, singing groups, solo musicians and dancers. As part of the post-festival screening of the 20th year of the international film festival, which was part of the program of the Východná festival, visitors had the opportunity to watch the award-winning documentary films: Igranka za pokojnog Emilijana (Serbia), Úle Ed Hogla (Slovakia), Paničky (Serbia), Gajdoši (Slovakia)