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DOX invites you to a series of summer movie nights under the stars. Get hit by the documentary movie 80 Angry Journalists.
When Viktor Orbán’s party came to power with a constitutional majority, media control became a long-term priority. Through a key ally, the businessman Lajos Simicska, key traditional media outlets were gradually brought under its influence, and critical voices in the public sphere grew weaker. One of the most prominent online newspapers, Index.hu, however, remained independent. In 2014, information leaked to the public that Simicska had acquired a significant stake in the newspaper, sparking public demonstrations, which Simicska subsequently denied. This was confirmed only three years later when he attempted to exercise the option. This again sparked massive public and editorial backlash, so the transaction was never completed. In the meantime, Simicska fell out of favor with Orbán, and after a struggle lasting several years, he lost almost everything and withdrew from the public eye.
Ownership of Index was transferred to a newly established foundation, chaired by the newspaper’s longtime lawyer, László Bodolai (“Bodi,” as his colleagues called him), who is also one of the film’s protagonists. Representatives of the foundation outwardly presented this as a step toward even greater independence. However, the editorial staff’s doubts led to the creation of the so-called “independence barometer”—an indicator in the corner of the newspaper’s front page capable of showing three states of the newspaper: “independent,” “under threat,” and “end of independence.” Despite growing tensions between the editorial staff and the owners, the barometer’s needle remained in the “independent” position—until one day in 2019. Shortly before that, the foundation’s leadership announced a plan for structural changes to the internal operations of the Index editorial team, with many journalists perceiving the changes as an unjustified and unacceptable interference in the management and potentially even the content of the newspaper. After weeks of mounting tension, the respected editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull moved the barometer’s needle to “At Risk.” Millions of readers suddenly realized that something serious was happening—and it became a topic in the global media as well. The crisis between the newspaper’s ownership structure and the editorial staff had reached an open phase.
At that moment, András Földes, a longtime member of the editorial staff and renowned war correspondent, picked up a camera, and this film began to take shape. The escalation culminated in the departure of the entire editorial staff—more than eighty, often elite journalists. This moral gesture and practical move plunged everyone into uncertainty as well as new opportunities. The film raises questions about journalistic freedom and its institutional and community foundations, for which authoritarian rule is a severe test on the front lines, with society as a whole next in line...
Directed by András Földes, Anna Kis
Hungary, Germany, Czechia, Denmark, Norway 2026 / 94 min.
Film is shown in the original Hungarian language with Czech subtitles.
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