STOFF – EIN SPITZENGESCHÄFT – ab 30. Jänner im Kino!
Infos & Termine

Written by
Anette Baldauf, Joana Adesuwa Reiterer

Directed by
Anette Baldauf, Joana Adesuwa Reiterer, Chioma Onyenwe, Katharina Weingartner

Protagonists
Grete Bösch
Ireti Bakare-Yusuf
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
STOFF/LACE RELATIONS uncovers the hidden histories of a global trade that connected a small town in Austria to the bustling markets of Lagos, Nigeria. Through the intertwined lives of an Austrian lace exporter and a Nigerian market queen, the film reveals how colonial legacies shaped a multi-million-dollar industry – enriching Europe while contributing to the collapse of West Africa’s indigenous textile economy. Combining on-location encounters and a powerful sociodramatic method, the film shifts the lens: Who tells the story? Who profits? Who remembers? Directed collectively by filmmakers from Austria and Nigeria, Lace Relations is not simply about textiles. It is about colonialism, memory, gendered resistance – and the patterns of power that continue to shape our world.

Directors
Anette Baldauf
Joana Adesuwa Reiterer
Chioma Onyenwe
Katharina Weingartner

Writers
Anette Baldauf
Joana Adesuwa Reiterer

Camera
Hanno Mackowitz
Jerry Ossai
David Wyte
Marie-Thérèse Zumtobel, aac

Editing
Alexandra Löwy, aea
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos

Music
Bernhard Fleischmann
King Sunny Ade
Niniola