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Kek Huat Lau was born in 1979 in Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia. He is a director and writer, known for Absent Without Leave (2016), Nia's Door (2015) and Boluomi (2019).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Editor
- Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia
- Kek Huat Lau
Apr 18, 2021 · A discussion with Chinese-Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kek Huat on identity and truths in documentaries. When Lau Kek Huat ticked the “filmmaking” box as his field of studies at National Taiwan University of Arts, it was the first time he realized that filmmaking was something one could “learn.”
Apr 16, 2024 · The Kaohsiung Film Archive initially approached director Lau Kek-huat to commission a project with a clear-cut plan and time frame: a 50-minute documentary about the Kaohsiung High School Self-Defence Forceduring the 228 Incident.
Oct 5, 2019 · Malaysia-born Taiwanese filmmaker Lau Kek Huat is no stranger to Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), having won its Sonje award for best Asian short film with Nia’s Door in 2015. His...
Nov 25, 2016 · Absent Without Leave: Directed by Jing-Lian Chen, Kek Huat Lau. This story begins with a man's portrait hanging in my family home in Malaysia. The identity of this man has always been a taboo, until one day I discovered it was my grandfather, whose identity was hidden from me because he was a member of the Malaysian Communist Party.
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- Documentary
- Jing-Lian Chen, Kek Huat Lau
- 2016-11-25
Kek-huat Lau is known as an Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Cinematography, and Writer. Some of their work includes Ten Years Taiwan, Boluomi, Taste of Wild Tomato, Absent without Leave, The Tree Remembers, Nia’s door, Firefly, and Feathered Dream.
Boluomi is one of those babies. Kek-Huat Lau’s first feature-length feature film Boluomi spans two generations and describes the joys and sorrows of two interconnected storylines, one in Malaysia and the other in Taiwan.
