Amada is a Salvadoran artist, filmmaker, and curator. Amada cares deeply about stories exploring memory, grief, and the relationship between people and home. Their work has been featured at Blackstar Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, and San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 2023 their short documentary la isla premiered with The New Yorker. Since 2014, Amada has been working as a festival programmer and her cultural work leading community storytelling labs and site-specific public artworks has received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and NALAC.

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ABOUT Vena Acuática

An ecofeminist portrait of El Salvador, Vena Acuática takes us on an intimate and tender journey through the relationships women keep with water and territory. Stories from communities at the forefront of migration and ecocide converge, highlighting the critical intersection of science, culture, and environmental memory.

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FILM

Vena Acuática

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Documentary Lab

COHORT YEAR

2024-2026

INSTAGRAM

@amadatorruella