Jordi Torrent, born in Catalonia, has resided in New York since 1984. He is a film director and producer who founded the audiovisual production company Duende Pictures in New York in 1989. He has worked as a producer and line producer on feature films for directors such as Raul Ruiz, Isabel Coixet, and Joe Brewster. As a writer-director, his feature films have been screened at festivals worldwide and distributed commercially in the United States and Spain. He was named Best Director at the Milan International Film Festival and won an award at the Tokyo Film Festival for his documentary about the artist Miralda. Throughout his career, he has balanced creative work in the audiovisual sector with extensive initiatives focused on Media Literacy. He served as a media literacy consultant for the New York City Department of Education (1990–2007) and the United Nations (2007–2019). At the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), he launched several initiatives focused on media and information literacy. These include PLURAL+, an annual festival showcasing short films made by young people regarding migration and the prevention of xenophobia. Another initiative he created at UNAOC is the PEACEapp project, a series of digital literacy workshops where video game design serves as a vehicle for fostering intercultural understanding and empowering young participants—a group comprising young refugees and recent migrants alongside local youth. PEACEapp workshops were held in Nairobi, Algeciras, Tangier, and Tunis. Also at UNAOC, in collaboration with UNESCO, he spearheaded various media literacy initiatives, ranging from workshops for educators (in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia) to multilingual publications and the creation of a global university cooperation network focused on media literacy and edu-communication. He met Fina Sensada while directing his film *El Este de la Brújula* in 2000. In 2011, he met Dr. Fonseca during the filming of *La Redención de los Peces*, a movie co-produced in Venice by Dr. Fonseca. The film was selected for the “Venice Film Meeting” section of the 2013 Venice Film Festival. Dr. Fonseca, together with Fina, Flavia, and Jordi, presented the film at the festival—an event that would mark Dr. Fonseca’s final international trip.

 Jordi will serve as the executive producer for the film *Fernando y Alí*, which is based on Dr. Fernando Fonseca’s childhood experiences.