＜Director Profile＞
Kek-huat Lau
Kek-huat Lau, a filmmaker originally from Malaysia and currently based in Taiwan, gained recognition with his film "Boluomi" (2019), which competed in the New Currents section of the Busan International Film Festival and received a Golden Horse nomination for Best New Director. His achievements include winning the Tokyo Talent Award in 2015, the Best Script Award in Taiwan in 2013, and selection for La Fabrique | Les Cinémas du Monde. His short film "Nia's Door" (2015) received the Best Short Film Award and Sonje Award at the Busan International Film Festival and was featured in the 38th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Lau Kek-Huat's documentaries, "Absent without Leave" (2016) and "The Tree Remembers" (2019), continue to face censorship challenges in Malaysia.