JIDFF is a celebration of creative documentary films and the largest festival of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe with over 30 000 spectators. It is a co-founder and member of the DOC ALLIANCE network that brings together 7 key European documentary film festivals, and runs on-line distribution platform DAFilms.com.JIDFF places great emphasis on the cinematographic value and social significance of the presented works. It systematically supports European documentary films, which are represented in 4 COMPETITION SECTIONS: Opus Bonum (contemporary world documentary scene), Between the Seas (latest documentary filmmaking of Central and Eastern European countries), Fascinations (experimental documentary films), Czech Joy (national competition) and a number of non-competitive and retrospective sections. Most of the screenings are accompanied by Q&As and moderated by renowned film directors and critics. The JIDFF audience is known for sharp and analyzing questions. JIDFF offers discussions, master classes as well as workshops. In 2014, the 4th edition of INSPIRATION FORUM will take place – a unique 5-day forum for 10 selected directors from around the world and 3 significant and provocative personalities from outside the film world, open for wide audience during public discussions.One of the JIDFF EDUCATION ACTIVITIES is a 5-day seminar on creative writing about documentaries MEDIA AND DOCUMENTARY (Critical view workshop). The 7th edition in 2013 was attended by 75 undergraduate students of film studies and journalism coming from main three Czech universities and also from Slovakia and the lectures were held by important personalities of film journalism and film criticism, e.g. Dudley Andrew (Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University), Mária Ferenčuhová (Slovak poet, translator, theorist), Will Tizard and others.JIDFF is also accompanied by year-long activities: FESTIVAL MAGAZINE “DOK.REVUE” AND ONLINE “DOKREVUE.COM”, festival revue “DO”.