THE PROFESSIONAL PARENT

Anno2024

RegiaErik Jasaň

Durata14'

Lingua minoritariaRomanì

TipologiaShort Film

Sinossi

Ingrid, a single mother living with her daughter and grandmother in an eastern Slovak village where Roma face stigma, becomes a “professional mother” to a Roma girl to survive.

Biografia

Erik Jasaň is a Slovak director with a degree in Advanced Film Language Studies from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. His work focuses on socially sensitive issues affecting Slovak society. His debut short, The Professional Parent, was selected for the 78th Cannes Short Film Corner and screened at several international festivals, earning an Honorable Mention at the 44th Thomas Edison Film Festival.