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The impact of climate change on the glaciers of Iceland is explored through a poetic, humanist lens... a deft exploration of the way our lives are intertwined with the lands we inhabit

Wendy Ide, Screen Daily

Time and Water 2026

Directed by Sara Dosa Widescreen

As Iceland's ancient glaciers start to vanish, one family's extensive archive becomes a portrait of a disappearing landscape through the passage of a century.

Jul 30

Rialto Cinemas Newmarket

Jul 31

The Civic

Aug 01

The Lido

Aug 07

The Lido

Aug 09

Bridgeway Cinemas

Iceland / USA • In English and Icelandic with English subtitles
93 minutes
TBC
NZ Classification TBC

Director

Producers

Shane Boris, Elijah Stevens, Jameka Autry, Sara Dosa

Screenplay

Sara Dosa, Jocelyne Chaput, Erin Casper, Andri Snær Magnason

Cinematography

Pablo Álvarez Mesa

Editors

Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Mark Harrison

Animator

Lucy Munger

Music

Dan Deacon

Narrated by

Andri Snær Magnason

Festivals

Sundance 2026

Icelandic writer and filmmaker Andri Snær Magnason and his family have been in the presence of glaciers for generations. His grandparents were even among the founding members of the Iceland Glacial Research Society. When the 700-year-old Okjökull becomes the first glacier pronounced dead, Magnason is asked to write the eulogy for it, spurring a meditation on a beloved land that is becoming unrecognizable in the face of climate change.

Magnason wrote On Time and Water, the work on which this film is based, to delve deeper into the emotions surrounding this moment. Blending generations of Magnason's family's archives with present day footage, the film examines not only the effect of climate change on our planet but also the evolution of an Icelandic family and their relationship to the land across the passage of time.

Sara Dosa's follow up to the award-winning Fire of Love (NZIFF 2022) trades volcanic heat for glacial stillness while keeping the same meditative touch. Time and Water serves as a time capsule into the past and warning to the future, capturing the impermanence of landscapes that are slipping away.