80 Angry Journalists
András Földes, András Földes & Anna Kis / Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark & Norway / 2026 / 90 min
When Hungary’s largest newsroom collapses under political pressure, one journalist keeps filming, capturing the inside story of a collective stand for press freedom in an increasingly authoritarian state.
In 2020, Hungary’s largest independent newsroom, Index.hu, collapsed under growing political pressure. In a historic act of protest, more than 80 journalists resigned en masse. One of them, conflict zone reporter András Földes, stayed behind with his camera — capturing the unraveling of a newsroom from the inside.
80 Angry Journalists is a uniquely intimate account of that breakdown and what followed: the creation of a new media outlet, Telex.hu, built in real time by the same team, now operating under different, but equally insidious, forms of pressure.
Told through direct footage and the personal reflections of journalists who refused to compromise, the film examines what happens to a democratic institution when the systems meant to protect it no longer function. With the next parliamentary elections looming, the story of Index is no longer just history, it is a warning, and a test, for anyone who believes in press freedom.