The Tromsø Film Festival

“I have a geographically scattered background,” replies Ása Hjörleifsdóttir to the question of how she got into writing and directing. The native of Iceland spent years of her childhood in the USA, UK and Canada and had originally aspired to become an actress.

The Tromsø Film Festival, in northern Norway, ran from January 16th to the 21st. It celebrated its 33rd edition and exhibited approximately 160 films, with 90 of them showing in the main program.