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Spotlight Aktuálně.cz – Ondřej Vetchý | Video: Spotlight Team

Ondřej Vetchý, well-known as a television and theater face, has long been involved in other civic initiatives in addition to his acting career. For example, he is among the initiators of the petition, which aims to solve the situation at the cemetery in Đáblice Prague, where national heroes and war criminals are buried next to their each other

However, in connection with the events in Ukraine, he also co-founded a collection that collects money to help the country affected by the war, from which drones are bought and sent to Ukraine to transport various materials to places where they are needed.

The actor also faced threats for the campaign, which saw more than 19,000 drones delivered to the country. “They have to be taken seriously. If we don’t take them seriously, something like when Russia threatens us will happen,” he warned in an interview with Svetlana Witowska.

Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, who presented the film Hranice last year, describing the difficult situation of refugees on the border between Poland and Belarus, also faced stormy social reactions, especially in Poland. For this, she received insults from Polish politicians, especially government conservatives.

Spotlight Aktuálně.cz – Agniezska Holland | Video: Jakub Zuzánek

In an interview with Spotlight, the director said that her film draws attention to those who are responsible for the decisions we make today as a society, as a nation, as a European Union and as politics in individual countries, in response to the challenge of the migration crisis.

“I think we are in the last minute to stop this process from turning into a kind of crime against humanity,” Holland urged.

The renowned architect Eva Jiřičná also appealed to social ideas in Spotlight, which has long been criticizing the overly dignified approach to buildings built under totalitarian rule. “I was 29 years old when I left, and I’m very happy to come back. But I see that communism has done terrible damage here. And what happened in the countries of behind the Iron Court, when there was democracy and a free state, still building up,” said Jiřičná, who lives in London for a long time, in the interview.

According to her, when it comes to architecture, society should focus more on when something becomes outdated, does not work or does not benefit people, it should be changed. “I am not saying that it must be destroyed, but these buildings can be turned into habitable condition,” she pleaded.

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