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)

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