I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.

In Iceland, the weather is the biggest character you deal with every day. There's nothing more relevant in your life than what kind of weather it is.

The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.

I want to work with directors who can tell intimate stories in a way that feels universal and with a big enough scope and depth to travel outside of Iceland.

Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.

I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.