An Accident
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.
Angelika Spangel is an Austrian cinematographer and filmmaker. She holds a degree in Educational Science from the University of Vienna and later specialized in Cinematography at the Vienna Film Academy, where she was mentored by Wolfgang Thaler and assisted him on numerous productions. Together with Sophia Wiegele, she worked as a cinematographer on the mid-length feature Strangers in the Night, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was nominated for the Michael Ballhaus Award. Ein Unfall marks her debut short film as a director.
Filmography
Auf Bewährung, documentary, A, in postproduction, (dop), director: Jan Prazak, producer: Berghammer Film GmbH
Ein Unfall, fiction, A, 2026, 30min (director), producer: Shirin Hooshmandi, dop: Sophia Wiegele
Strangers in the Night, fiction, A, 2024, 59min (dop with Sophia Wiegele), director: Matthias Krepp, producer: Dominic Kubisch,
Transatlantik, Netflix miniseries fiction, D, 2023, 7x45-50min (second camera), director: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond, Mia Meyer, producer: Anna Winger, dop: Wolfgang Thaler, Sebastian Thaler
Another Life, documentary, A, 2019, 72min (dop), director: Jan Prazak, producer: Shirin Hooshmandi
Sand and Blood, documentary, A, 2017, 90min (co-director), director: Matthias Krepp, producer: Leni Gruber