Ahma & Alan is a comedic/dramatic short film about a Taiwanese grandma (ahma) that has to travel from a rural town in central Taiwan to the capital city of Taipei in the north to pull Alan, her American-born grandson, out of jail before he gets deported by a vindictive police officer.

Director Biography - James Y. Shih

James Y. Shih is the son of Taiwanese immigrants and grew up in Milpitas, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. James has studied at UC San Diego (Economics B.A., Theatre minor), De Anza College and City College of San Francisco (Film Production), National Taiwan Normal University (Mandarin), and at Cal State Northridge where he received his MFA in Screenwriting. James is the producer of acclaimed feature films “Fight Life” (2012) the MMA documentary and the Sundance award winning sci-fi film “Advantageous” (2015) currently on Neftlix. James is passionate about filmmaking and telling personal, Asian American stories such as “Ahma & Alan" which he wrote and directed.