Ása Hjörleifsdóttir is an Icelandic writer and director, born in 1984. She graduated from the Columbia University Film MFA program with her thesis film ÁSTARSAGA („Love Story”), a 2013 finalist for the Student Academy Awards. After her critically acclaimed first feature film THE SWAN (premiere TIFF 2017), Ása is now in production on her second film, an adaptation of the novel Reply to a Letter From Helga by Bergsveinn Birgisson.
