Kek-huat Lau

Kek-huat Lau

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Kek-huat Lau (Chinese: 廖克發) is a Malaysian documentary filmmaker based in Taiwan. He is known for discussing issues surrounding South East Asian history in his films. His five-hour long documentary, From Island to Island, won the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Grand Prize at the Taipei Film Awards.

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Ten Years Taiwan 2019 (8.8)

What will our lives be like 10 years from now? Five up and coming Taiwanese directors each offer their own take in answering this question. In 2028, Taiwan is suffering from nuclear waste (“The Can of Anido”), migrant workers (“942”), industrial collapse (“Way Home”), low birth rates and diversity in families (“A Making-Of”), and insomnia (“The Sleep”).
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Boluomi 2019 (7)

Over the decades, the Malayan Communist Party fought a guerrilla war in the jungle for independence. When a baby was born during the war, they sent it out of the jungle to ensure its survival. Boluomi is one of those babies.
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Taste of Wild Tomato 2021 (3)

Taste of Wild Tomato begins with the history of Kaohsiung, which was an important military base for the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation, and tends to the deep scars of the survivors, their descendants, and their descendants’ descendants.