Director , Scriptwriter
LAU, Kek-Huat was born and brought up in Malaysia, but then worked as primary school teacher for 4 years in Singapore. In 2006, he enrolled in film studies at the National Taiwan University. He has twice won the Best Short Film Award at the Taiwan Golden Harvest Festival, and the Best Director Award in 2009. His latest film Nia door won Best Short Film Award, Sonje Award in Busan International film festival l, selected for 38th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. His written first feature film A Love of Boluomi, depicting his own family story, also won him the Tokyo Talent Award 2015, Best Script Award in 2013 Taiwan. The Same Year, Lau participated the Golden Horse Academy, led by director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Nominations
2025
The 62nd Golden Horse Awards - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay "The Waves Will Carry Us"
| Year | Title |
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| 2024 | From Island to Island |
| 2022 | Between the Stars and Waves |
| 2019 | Boluomi |
| 2018 | Ten Years Taiwan |
| 2017 | Barkley |
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2017 Golden Horse Awards Best Animation Feature
2016 Seoul Promotion Plan
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| 2016 | Absent without Leave |
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2017 Berlinale Talent Campus
2016 Busan International Film Festival-Wide Angle 2016 Singapore International Film Festival - Best Audience Choice Award 2015 Busan International Film Festival-Asian Cinema Fund,Asian Networkof Documentary, Taskovski Award 2015 New Taipei City Documentary Fund, Taiwan |
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| 2015 | Nia’s Door |
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2015 Busan International Film Festival - Wide Angle - Asian Short Film Competition
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| 2012 | When it rains |
| 2008 | Rat |
2016
Absent without leave－Documentary-90’
2015
Nia’s door – Fiction – 26’
2013
A scene of the sea – Fiction – 30’
2012
When it rains – fiction – 29’
2012
Whisper of flowers – fiction – 29’
2009
Cul de sac Forest – fiction – 29’
- Golden Lion International Film Festival : in Competition
2008
Rat – fiction – 17’
