Fiction

An Accident

A film by Angelika Spangel
Country: Austria
Year: 2026
Length: 30'

Synopsis
A series of surprising accidents shake up a small village. Why did the man on the bench die? Why is nobody helping at a car accident? Why is the farmer´s son feeling responsible for the dead pigs? Everything is connected through guilt and shame,raising the question of where fiction ends and real harm begins.

Festivals
1. Berlinale (Germany, February 2026)
2. Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film (Austria, March 2026)
3. Festival Curta Cinema (Brasil, March 2026)
4. Brive Film Festival (France, April 2026)
5. Cartagena International Film Festival FICCI (Columbia, April 2026)
6. Busan International Short Film Festival (South Korea, April 2026)
7. IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (Portugal, April 2026)
8. Stockholm Independent Film Festival (Sweden, May 2026)

Thomas Pluch Award for Best Screenplay for a Short or Medium-Length Film

Cast
Son: Daniel Haidegger
Father: Franz Spangel
School Child 1: Tobias Schuh
School Child2: Fabian Schuh
Gnasi: Markus Rechberger
Youth 1: Maximilian Wilhelm
Youth 2: Jakob Amon
Youth 3: Elias Richter
Father's friend: Christian Schiesser
School children: Alycia Bucher, Tanja Gugrell, Carolina Hager, Emil Laabenbacher, Amelie Reiter, Anika Stochlinski

Crew
Director: Angelika Spangel
Writer: Angelika Spangel & Sophia Wiegele
Cinematographer: Sophia Wiegele
Producer: Shirin Hooshmandi
Editor: Daniel Rutz
Sound recording: Johannes Kollmann
Additional Sound Recording: Tilmann Rödiger, Francesco Tacolli
Set design: Uta Wiegele
Sound design: Johannes Kollmann, Simon Essl
Color correction: Bernhard Schlick, Color Company
VFX: Gerd Zimmermann
Sound Mix: Rudolf Pototschnig, Grand Post
Title Design, Grafik: Caroline Plank-Bachselten

Supported by Bundesministeriums für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport (BMWKMS), Land Niederösterreich Filmförderung, MA 7 Wien Kultur