Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (born 1 August 1984) is an Icelandic

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and

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. Ása graduated with an MA in filmmaking from

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in 2012. Ása's 2017 feature film, ''The Swan'', was based on

Guðbergur Bergsson Guðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spa ...

's 1991 book of the same name. Her second film, '' A Letter from Helga'', was based on Bergsvein Birgisson's 2010 book of the same name.

Filmography

Director * ''Love Story'' (2012) – short * ''You and Me'' (2015) – short * ''The Swan'' (2017) * ''Last Dance'' (2020) – short * '' A Letter from Helga'' (2022)

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Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
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