Amada Torruella

Amada Torruella is a Salvadoran artist, filmmaker, and film programmer raised in El Salvador and Canada, and based between El Salvador and California. Amada is passionate about exploring memory, grief, Central American landscapes and the relationship between people and home. Amada’s work has been featured in The New Yorker, BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia Latino Film Fest, amongst others. Since 2014, Amada has worked as a film programmer and has programmed for Indie Grits, New Orleans Film Festival, SFFILM Film Festival, Wildscreen Festival and Alharaca El Salvador (Feminist Newsroom).