Hansel Porras Garcia

Directing

Hansel Porras Garcia

Born

1994-07-20 (32)

Place of birth

Cuba

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Hansel Porras Garcia (they/them) is a queer Cuban-born award-winning filmmaker and actor based in Miami. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Film in 2026, their multidisciplinary practice explores diaspora, identity, and belonging across film and other media. Their films have screened at True/False, LALIFF, New Orleans, and Miami Film Festival, among others. Hansel is a recipient of the Knight Made in MIA Award at the Miami Film Festival. They are also a recipient of an Miami Individual Artist Grant and an alumnus of the New Orleans Film Festival South Pitch program. Their recent work includes Tropical Park, which received Best US Narrative Feature at the New York Latino Film …

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Absences poster
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After trying to revive once again the lost passion of her marriage, a young woman will make a radical decision she had planned some time ago.

The Absences

2020

mundo cruel poster
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A young man about to commit suicide seeks help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Network.

mundo cruel

2019

mundo cruel poster
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A young man about to commit suicide seeks help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Network.

mundo cruel

2019

23 Semanas poster
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A 23 weeks pregnant young actress, struggles to find the perfect name for her daughter.

23 Semanas

2023

23 Semanas poster
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A 23 weeks pregnant young actress, struggles to find the perfect name for her daughter.

23 Semanas

2023

Casting poster
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A young actress performs the most important casting of her career while facing a difficult family situation.

Casting

2017

Febrero poster
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On her 64th birthday, Zoe, a lonely, widowed Cuban exile, is about to become a grandmother. She is also about to receive an unexpected visit. After more than forty years without seeing each other, Helena, her childhood best friend, returns to catch up and explore their lives through songs, letters, and memories from their past. Without imagining that this reunion will change their lives forever, when a secret comes to light, they both have to reconsider their relationship.

Febrero

2023

Febrero poster
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On her 64th birthday, Zoe, a lonely, widowed Cuban exile, is about to become a grandmother. She is also about to receive an unexpected visit. After more than forty years without seeing each other, Helena, her childhood best friend, returns to catch up and explore their lives through songs, letters, and memories from their past. Without imagining that this reunion will change their lives forever, when a secret comes to light, they both have to reconsider their relationship.

Febrero

2023

Ana and the Distance poster
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Ana y la Distancia tells the story of a Cuban mother, exiled in Miami, as she anxiously waits for her son who, after the anti-government protests that occurred in Cuba in July 2021, decided to cross borders to reunite with her in the United States.

Ana and the Distance

2024

Ana and the Distance poster
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Ana y la Distancia tells the story of a Cuban mother, exiled in Miami, as she anxiously waits for her son who, after the anti-government protests that occurred in Cuba in July 2021, decided to cross borders to reunite with her in the United States.

Ana and the Distance

2024

Tropical Park poster
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During a driving lesson, two Cuban siblings: a newly arrived trans woman (Lola Bosch) and her estranged conservative brother (Ariel Texidó), face each other for the first time in years, with Miami passing silently outside the windows.

Tropical Park

2025

Tropical Park poster
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During a driving lesson, two Cuban siblings: a newly arrived trans woman (Lola Bosch) and her estranged conservative brother (Ariel Texidó), face each other for the first time in years, with Miami passing silently outside the windows.

Tropical Park

2025

Tropical Park poster
NR

During a driving lesson, two Cuban siblings: a newly arrived trans woman (Lola Bosch) and her estranged conservative brother (Ariel Texidó), face each other for the first time in years, with Miami passing silently outside the windows.

Tropical Park

2025