Time and Water

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Time and Water

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May 2026

1h 33m

Documentary

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Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents' photographs, and films, as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.

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Visually astounding and hands-off in its observation of a family and their environment, Time and Water is an intimate documentary with an epic scope.

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jun 22

This is a beautiful film. It's very moving and evocative.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jun 22

Breathtaking.

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Murtada Elfadl

Variety

Jun 22

In telling this one family’s story and examining their connection to the land they were born into, Dosa makes an affecting documentary about a looming danger that many are ignoring.

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Sarah Vincent

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Grief over the loss of a loved one makes visceral the potential loss of glaciers thus making a work of advocacy less a preach to the choir product and more of a human interest, preserving a way of life story that may even appeal to conservatives

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Jul 10

A beautiful film about the Icelandic writer and filmmaker, who mostly tells the story of both his life and his homeland amid climate change.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

Jul 5

8/10

A work of tremendous reflection, artistic ambition, familial history, and environmental advocacy woven intricately into a unique tapestry that spans generations.

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Sa D

@RT64242434 Jun 25

Really beautiful, powerful film. An artfully crafted and thought-provoking meditation on loss but also life and joy not only of nature but also our human families. Very smartly done to weave those two themes together and made me feel so alive and in love with our changing world.

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Taras W

@RT95912882 Jun 25

Part footage of Icelandic glaciers, part the filmmaker’s home movies, I kid you not. Pretty dull stuff; I left after about an hour – though it seemed longer! The film wants you to feel sorry the glaciers are melting, yet it’s obvious that means plants and animals can come back.

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Judi L

@Solobarlady Jun 22

Probably the most depressing movie I’ve ever seen. Juxtaposing the narrator’s dying family to the dying glaciers and global warming was beyond sobering…plus it did go on a bit too long. Iceland is magnificent, almost feral in its beauty…

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Moody C

@MoodyC Jun 20

It’s part elegy to director’s lost relatives & another one for death of glaciers in his home country. They are purposely shown together to show that humans & nature are interconnected & need each other. I’m not sure if this warrants a 90 min doc since we can see how beautiful Iceland is at their tourism website. It definitely did not sustain my attention & I was pretty bored for most part since I do not really care for his family history. Just like its title, Time & Water, doc is pretty boring.

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Radhika M

@Radhika_Mic Jun 17

Profound and gorgeous film, at once poetic, personal and the planetary This sets a new high standard for climate storytelling.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 May 29

The worldwide gross is $108,636.00.

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Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents' photographs, and films, as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa, TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.

Director: Sara Dosa
Producer: Shane Boris, Elijah Stevenson, Jameka Autry, Sara Dosa
Screenwriter: Sara Dosa, Jocelyne Chaput, Erin Casper, Andri Snær Magnason
Distributor: 1-2 Special
Production Co: National Geographic Documentary Films
Rating: PG (Brief Language|Some Thematic Elements|Smoking)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Icelandic
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2026
Runtime: 1h 33m