Time and Water

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 33m

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Release Date:

May 29, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 33m

Synopsis

An Icelandic writer preserves vanishing glaciers, departed grandparents, family memories, and flowing time in his personal archives, transforming loss into a time capsule.
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Sara Dosa's 'Time and Water' emerges as a deeply moving eco-elegy that transforms climate change from abstract concept into intimate family memoir, following Icelandic poet Andri Snær Magnason as he creates a time capsule for future generations while watching both his grandparents and Iceland's glaciers disappear. Critics consistently praise Dosa's poetic filmmaking and the film's unique approach of weaving four generations of family archives with stunning glacier footage, though some wished for more scientific depth alongside the emotional storytelling.
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Time-Capsule
Eco-Elegy
Tear-Jerker
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Generational-Memory
Climate-Poetry
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  • Jan 30, 2026

    Sara Dosa is such a special filmmaker, films like this keep the world alive. Abolish ICE, protect Iceland, it should be that simple

    115 Likes
    Ella Kemp
    Ella Kemp
    Jun 2, 2026

    Time travel is real; nature is an archive. The future is made in the past, and the present is every molecule that came before and will be. Such a spectacular, spiritual, and staggering achievement.  Poetry and folklore take precedence over data in this climate change…

    56 Likes
    Katie Walsh
    Katie Walsh
    Jan 27, 2026

    "A lyric in the rímur that so moved Magnason when he was younger insists that the only way to keep the verse alive is to put it into the mouths of children. The same can be said for nature conservation. The only way our planet will survive is if young people keep the fight.…

    53 Likes
    Marya E. Gates
    Marya E. Gates
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    Jan 30, 2026

    “I want you to know glaciers as my grandparents did. As I do,” explains Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason. He and the floating ice fortresses that have given his country its name are the subjects of Sara Dosa’s poetic eco-elegy “Time and Water,” a work that hopes to…

    37 Likes
    Robert Daniels
    Robert Daniels
    May 4, 2026

    well done beautifully constructed. the time warp of interweaving four generations’ worth of archival home video, woof, what a testament to the edit. i do wish it had teetered a bit more on the side of history and science, and less on the sentimentality of grandparents and…

    29 Likes
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    Jan 28, 2026

    Sundance Movie #20: Sara Dosa's Fire of Love was one of my favorite movies four years ago, the first time I covered Sundance virtually, so I was excited for her follow-up film. Time and Water is similarly beautiful, a free-flowing remembrance of family and nature, and how…

    25 Likes
    Dan Murrell
    Dan Murrell
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    Jan 29, 2026

    Piece of ice: exists Me: smiling with a tear in my eye

    24 Likes
    Jon Korn
    Jon Korn

    "I have never written a memorial for a glacier — no one has,” laments the poet Andri Snær Magnason during Sara Dosa’s “Time and Water.” In 2019, Magnason was given the extraordinary task of writing an epitaph to Iceland’s Okjokull glacier, which was declared “dead” five…

    22 Likes
    SiddhantAdlakha
    SiddhantAdlakha
    Jan 27, 2026

    There’s a recurring question that has, for decades, made the rounds as a decent piece of geography-based observational humour: Have you ever noticed that Iceland is mostly green, and Greenland is mostly ice? It resonates because it’s true—at least insofar as most of us, who…

    23 Likes
    Julian (Seeking Film)
    Julian (Seeking Film)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Time and Water (2026) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG (Parental Guidance Suggested). It's generally considered a family-friendly movie.
How long is Time and Water (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 33min long.
What's Time and Water (2026) about?
An Icelandic writer preserves vanishing glaciers, departed grandparents, family memories, and flowing time in his personal archives, transforming loss into a time capsule.