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Amada Torruella
- Location:
- El Salvador, United States
- Languages:
- English, French, Spanish
- Issues:
- Climate Change, LGBTQIA+, Women and Girls, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Impact Producing, Crafting Classroom Materials
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Salvadoran, Central American
- Self identification:
- She/They
Bio
Amada is a Salvadoran artist, filmmaker, and film curator working between El Salvador and the US. Rooted in storytelling from the global south, Amada’s work centers memory, grief, the body-territory, exploration of place and the relationship between people and home. Their work has been supported by Chicken & Egg Films, Firelight Media and featured at New Orleans Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival and San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 2023, her short documentary film la isla was acquired by the New Yorker for distribution. Since 2014, Amada has worked as a film festival programmer and their cultural work leading community storytelling labs and site-specific public artworks has received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation, Surdna Foundation and NALAC.
