Lau was awarded the Asian Filmmaker of the Year in the 2006 Pusan
International Film Festival in Busan (formerly Pusan), Korea. He
received the award after initiating a project Focus First Cuts to
finance films from fledging Asian directors. One of the 6 films, the
black comedy
Crazy Stone (2006) (aka Crazy Stone), has gone on to become to date
the second top-grossing film in China this year.