MEET THE TEAM
Erik JASAŇ
Film Producer, Director & Screenwriter
Erik Jasaň studied Music and Drama at the State Conservatory in Košice. As an actor, he played the lead role of Jánošík in the musical Na skle maľované at the National Theatre in Košice.
He later studied at the Film School in Košice and completed further education in film language at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). As a director, he has made several successful student graduation films. Happy Marriage (2019) premiered at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, while rebel! (2025) premiered at Out On Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival.
His debut short film, The Professional Parent (2024), qualified for the 98th Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Best Live Action Short Film category. The film was selected for official competition programmes at festivals in Odense, Tirana, Huesca and Lebu, as well as Balinale – Bali International Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival and many others. It won Best International Film at New York SIFF and Best European Film at the Navarra International Film Festival.
As a producer, he also works on music videos. He produced the live-action music video RECALL (2022), which had its world premiere at a festival in Denver and starred European Shooting Star Tatiana Pauhofová. For Terézia Čikoš and Marián Čekovský, he produced the stop-motion music video PARADOX (2026).
Erik is also the founder of Shorts Wrap s.r.o., a film distribution company focused on short film reviews, development consultations, festival distribution, and sales to TV and VOD platforms.
Its successful distribution titles include Psychonauts (2025), which received a Special Jury Mention at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Ianna (2025), which had its world premiere at the Montreal festival. Shorts Wrap currently works with 12 film directors whose films have had their world premieres at Cannes, either in the Short Film Competition or La Cinef.
In 2019, Erik founded dog 95 film factory, where he focuses on film festival strategy and submissions, short film and music video production, and international co-productions of feature films. Erik is also a member of Film Independent.
Svitlana SUKHANOVA
Production Assistant
Svitlana is a creative and artistically driven person with experience in art, music, photography, modelling and floral design. She studied at an elementary art school, where she trained in piano and singing. She also actively sang in the choir of her local cultural centre.
In 2015, she completed professional training in floristry and floral arrangement, focusing on creating bouquets and decorations from both fresh and artificial flowers, as well as producing floral artwork and decorative compositions using natural materials.
In 2016, her floral artwork was presented at the exhibition Ukrainian Oshibana at the Desnianskyi District Art Gallery in Kyiv. In the same year, she took part in a floral art competition, where she won first place.
She later studied at a school specialising in photography and modelling, gaining experience in photography, visual creation and working in front of the camera. During her studies, she also participated in several theatre workshops, where she developed her communication, acting and presentation skills. She has appeared in several television series in supporting roles and as an extra.
She currently works as a Production Assistant at dog 95 film factory. For the music video PARADOX, she took on the role of Art Director.
She is currently developing her skills through a sewing course and plans to expand her work into costume design for film and audiovisual productions.