

Time and Water
How do you say goodbye to something you never thought you could lose?
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
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- English
- iceland
- environment
- glaciers
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United States of America, Iceland
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival27 Jan 2026
- PremiereBig Sky Documentary Film Festival 14 Feb 2026
- PremiereTrue/False Film Festival 6 Mar 2026
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film & TV Film Festival 12 Mar 2026
- PremiereSalem Film Festival 26 Mar 2026
- PremiereBoulder International Film Festival 10 Apr 2026
- PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival 17 Apr 2026
- PremiereFull Frame Documentary Film Festival 19 Apr 2026
- PremiereSan Francisco International Film Festival 25 Apr 2026
- PremiereMargaret Mead Film Festival 1 May 2026
- PremiereChicago Critics Film Festival 4 May 2026
- Theatrical (limited)PG29 May 2026
- PremiereBerkshire International Film Festival 31 May 2026
- TVNational Geographic31 Jul 2026
- Digital / OTTDisney+ / Hulu1 Aug 2026
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)12 Jun 2026
- Theatrical (limited)Kendal Mountain Festival20 Nov 2026
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival7 Jun 2026
- PremiereRevelation Perth International Film Festival12 Jul 2026
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival18 Aug 2026
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival15 Oct 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival 2 May 2026
- PremiereDOXA Documentary Film Festival9 May 2026
DenmarkDK
- PremiereCPH:DOX16 Mar 2026
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 6 Mar 2026
IsraelIL
- Digital / OTT12Disney+1 Aug 2026
LithuaniaLT
- PremiereNepatogus kinas8 Oct 2026
PolandPL
- PremiereMillennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival1 May 2026
SingaporeSG
- Digital / OTTPGDisney+1 Aug 2026
South KoreaKR
- Digital / OTT12Disney+1 Aug 2026
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Time and Water was released on 29 May 2026.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/19/2026
Using some family movies and some more up-to-date footage of the often moon-like scenery of modern day Iceland, this documentary proves really quite effective at illustrating the ongoing and profound effects of global warming. Rather than just bombarding us with statistics and scare-mongering facts, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason introduces us to his now deceased grandparents and by using the chronology of thei…
- B7/10
Brent Marchant
6/20/2026
Nature films generally do a great job of capturing the intrinsic beauty of our world and in explaining its function and attributes. They’re often gorgeous to look at and quite educational. However, these documentaries sometimes tend to be a little on the “clinical” side, keeping viewers at something of an emotionally arm’s-length distance. But, every so often, a release comes along that pleasantly surprises audiences…
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