
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
7.8Carlos Martínez is an undocumented Mexican who lives in Los Angeles. He is an honest and hardworking man who has the constant fear of being deported and losing his two sons: Luís and Rodrigo. His great dream has been to give them a better life, but his desire is overshadowed when his eldest son, Rodrigo, disappears without a trace and joins a gang. Meanwhile, Carlos will try to protect and keep Luís away from the dangerous networks that plague the city. In his desperate attempt to take care of him he will meet Adela, a gang member who will steal his heart.
Under the Same Sky
2015
8.1Is a story about twin brothers, one rich and the other poor, who were separated at birth and reunited several years later by fate. However their polar opposite lives are switched. Through this journey they search and discover themselves.
Who Is Who?
2015
NRAfter 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
NRA young man about to commit suicide seeks help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Network.
mundo cruel
2019
NRA 23 weeks pregnant young actress, struggles to find the perfect name for her daughter.
23 Semanas
2023
NRMinutes before her perfectly planned evening, Lily accidentally summons a genie from a vinyl record. The fairy-godmother-like Reggaetonero is convinced he can help her woo her date, but Lily is skeptical about his methods.
El Reggaetonero
2023
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRMinutes before her perfectly planned evening, Lily accidentally summons a genie from a vinyl record. The fairy-godmother-like Reggaetonero is convinced he can help her woo her date, but Lily is skeptical about his methods.
El Reggaetonero
2023
4.0Writers Denton AdamsMorgan Danielle DayKayona Ebony Brown
00:08:46
2022
NRAna 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
Series credits
7.8Carlos Martínez is an undocumented Mexican who lives in Los Angeles. He is an honest and hardworking man who has the constant fear of being deported and losing his two sons: Luís and Rodrigo. His great dream has been to give them a better life, but his desire is overshadowed when his eldest son, Rodrigo, disappears without a trace and joins a gang. Meanwhile, Carlos will try to protect and keep Luís away from the dangerous networks that plague the city. In his desperate attempt to take care of him he will meet Adela, a gang member who will steal his heart.
Under the Same Sky
2015
8.1Is a story about twin brothers, one rich and the other poor, who were separated at birth and reunited several years later by fate. However their polar opposite lives are switched. Through this journey they search and discover themselves.
Who Is Who?
2015
Behind the camera
NRAfter 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
NRA young man about to commit suicide seeks help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Network.
mundo cruel
2019
NRA young man about to commit suicide seeks help by calling the National Suicide Prevention Network.
mundo cruel
2019
NRA 23 weeks pregnant young actress, struggles to find the perfect name for her daughter.
23 Semanas
2023
NRA 23 weeks pregnant young actress, struggles to find the perfect name for her daughter.
23 Semanas
2023
NRA young actress performs the most important casting of her career while facing a difficult family situation.
Casting
2017
NROn 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
NROn 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
NRAna 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
NRAna 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
NRDuring 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
NRDuring 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
NRDuring 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
