René Kubášek is in charge of international relations at the Ji.hlava IDFF. Prior to that, he served as a diplomat at the Czech Cultural Centre in Romania and the International Visegrad Fund. He has been a collaborator of a number of NGOs, and in the years 1998–2004 he organised the Forum 2000 Conferences, an initiative of the former Czech President Václav Havel. As a documentary photographer, he has presented his work at exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad.