Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Ástarsaga

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Walter Grímsson, Kristján Franklín Magnús

A story of love, madness, and 24-hour daylight. Solange's boyfriend Baldur mysteriously takes off for Iceland. She follows, but an even deeper mystery awaits her.

Interdependence

Bettina Oberli, Salomé Lamas

Thor Kristjansson, Hera Hilmar

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

Svanurinn

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Thor Kristjansson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

When young Sól is sent to live with her distant countryside relatives for a summer, she becomes entangled in a dramatic rite of passage with a mysterious farmhand, Jón, and the farmer’s daughter, Ásta.

Svar við bréfi Helgu

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Thor Kristjansson, Hera Hilmar

In a remote fjord in 1940s Iceland, young farmer Bjarni and aspiring poet Helga begin a passionate, forbidden affair, emotions running as wild as the ocean waves that surround them.

Þú og ég

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Laufey Elíasdóttir, Snorri Engilbertsson

Girl meets boy on a cold winter night. She's a single mom, and he becomes less charming than she thought he was after she invites him home. As things are getting out of hand, her young daughter wakes up, and roles become reversed as they deal together with the aftermath.

Last Dance

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Síðasti dansinn

Asa Hjorleifsdottir

Hera Hilmar, Thor Kristjansson

It’s a spring morning in Reykjavík. A man and a woman wake up in their bed and know that their relationship has ended. They take a drive out of the city, towards the end of love, perhaps toward the end of the world. A story of love, loss, and the mysterious power of nature herself.