About us
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 worked as a freelance voice-over, radio, theatre and television actor. Under the name Tom and Elo, he recorded two music albums for children.
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, Kitzbuhel, 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, 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.
Erik is a film festival strategist, marketer, reviewer, pre-selector, and programmer.