Time and Water
Time and Water
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As Icelandic glaciers melt and cherished grandparents pass away, Andri Snær Magnason transforms his rich archive – family photos, recordings, myths, and songs – into a kind of time capsule meant to preserve what slips away: memories, family, time, and water. Against the backdrop of inevitable climate change, the film connects personal loss with the universal question of impermanence and ways of preserving memory. It is a poetic reflection on the relationship between intergenerational memory and the history embedded in ice.
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projection time:
93 min
country/year:
Iceland, USA /2026
director:
Sara Dosa
original language of the film:
Icelandic, English
pictures:
Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
editor:
Jocelyne Chaput, Erin Casper
production:
Shane Boris, Elijah Stevens, Jameka Autry, Sara Dosa / Sandbox Films, National geographic Documentary Films, Signpost Pictures, Compass Films
festivals and awards:
2026 – Sundance FF
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