Phantom Foreign Vienna

2004 • Directed by

Lisl Ponger

An experimental documentary shot on Super 8 detailing festive gatherings of a multitude of immigrant communities in Vienna. Different cultures from all over the world are shown celebrating, dancing, singing or performing rituals. Simultaneously the filmmaker, through a voice-over, ponders the question on how to purposefully assemble and categorize all the footage, thus giving us insight into how documentaries are made and the thought process that goes into it.