 It won the Asian New Force Award in Hong Kong's IFVA Independent Short Film Competition and the Austrian Sidewalk Cinema Jury Prize.His documentary "Taiwan Black Movies" was also selected by various international film festivals such as Tokyo and Rotterdam, and was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Documentary.In 2007, Hou used funding from the Government Information Office to film the short film "Shopping Cart Boy", which was selected for the Taipei Film Festival as well as the 2007 Golden Horse International Film Festival.