Blue Sun Palace

TIFF65: Greek Premiere

Within the confines of a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens, Amy and Didi navigate romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home. Despite the physical and emotional toll their work extracts, the women who live at the parlor have fortified an impenetrable sisterhood. When tragedy strikes on Lunar New Year, Amy is forced to consider her own destiny for the first time ever. Despite finding solace in the company of Cheung, Amy must leave the city and prioritize her own spirit in order to survive. In an unseen part of New York, Blue Sun Palace explores the lives of transient souls trying to find a sense of permanence.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Constance Tsang

Script: Constance Tsang

Cinematography: Norm Li

Editing: Caitlin Carr

Music: Sami Jano

Actors: Ke-Xi Wu, Lee Kang Sheng, Haixpeng Xu, Min Han Hsieh, Lisha Zheng, Leo Chen, Chengying Wu, Guiping Huang, April Wang, Yating Zhu, Limin Wang, Janet Hsieh, Lily Gao, Lynn Xiong, Lu Zhang, Ranran Hu, Jinxia Li, Damien Brown, Jamie Tierney, Zachary Zamsky, Xiaoxiao Sun

Production: Big Buddha Pictures, Field Trip Media

Producers: Sally Sujin Oh, Eli Raskin, Tony Yang

Co-producers: Nabeer Khan, Marta Cruañas Compes

Costumes: Ava Yuriko Hama

Production Design: Evaline Wu Huang

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2024

Duration: 117'

Contact: Charades

Awards/Distinctions: French Touch Jury Prize – Cannes FF 2024

Constance Tsang

Constance Tsang is a Chinese American director, wtriter and educator based in New York. She recently graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing, where she was awarded the Robert Gore Rifkind Launch Fund. Her short film Beau received Jury Selection from an industry panel at her thesis showcase and won the Directors Guild of America’s Jury Prize in their 26th Annual Student Film Awards (East Coast Asian American Category). Beau has screened at The Metrograph, Palm Springs Shortsfest, Outfest, Brooklyn Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and Melbourne Queer Film Festival, among others. Beau is currently available to watch through Vimeo’s Staff Picks. Her previous short film, Carnivore, was a 2018 AT&T Hello Lab project. After premiering on DirecTV, the film was acquired by Alter. Her work is supported by Starlight Stars Collective and Tribeca Film. Blue Sun Palace is her first feature.