Joecar HANNA

Joecar Hanna is a Spanish filmmaker of Chinese-Lebanese descent who before moving to NYC, worked as a professional editor on many feature films and a TV series. During his time in the NYU Grad Film program he received the Black Family Prize and the Ang Lee Scholarship, and was selected for the Marcie Bloom Fellowship (Sony Pictures Classics). His short Deliver Me premiered at SXSW 2023 and was acquired by Canal+. His second short Talk Me, executive-produced by Spike Lee, premiered at Cannes 2025, won Best Short at TIFF, and premiered in the U.S at SXSW 2026. As an actor, he made his feature debut in Lump by Alex Rockwell, a film that received an award at the Warsaw Film Festival. Joecar will make his debut feature in the U.S. in Fall 2026 and will develop his second feature at the Cannes Résidence 2026.