English: Interview Stacie Passon, "Concussion"

27. TEDDY AWARD 63. Berlin International Film Festival Interview with Stacie Passon, director "Concussion"

TEDDY SPECIAL JURY AWARD 2013 goes to "Concussion" by Stacie Passon

Jury Statement: Surpassing moral judgment, "Concussion" endorses the value of a modern gay family, as well as releases the individual from conventional expectations.

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'Concussion' UA, 2013 Directed by Stacie Passon Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Emily Kinney

42-year-old Abby is married, well-heeled and a lesbian. She and her wife have two children – they are the perfect family. Then one day she sustains a head injury from a baseball whilst playing with her children and, all at once, her neatly arranged balance of gym, school, family and housework goes awry: ”I don't want this!” is her desperate mantra as she is taken to hospital. She embarks upon a renovation project in the near by city and, before long, puts both her tidy suburban home and her preordained existence behind her. After twice having sex with prostitutes she too begins working –servicing women only, of course – for probably the most unlikely madam in cinema history. Welcome to new New Queer Cinema where the women are getting older and the topics more grown-up and less cluttered – or perhaps not? Stacie Passon’s first full-length feature is produced by Rose Troche, director of Go Fish, a lesbian classic of New Queer Cinema which won the 1994 Teddy Award. Theirs is a productive collaboration, as Passon’s reciprocal role as producer of Troche’s latest short demonstrates; it also bodes well for future joint projects.”

Stacie Passon

Stacie Passon is a american director and writer. 'Concussion' (2013) is her feature film debut premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Passon is currently developing her second feature film, Strange Things Started Happening.