Iceland’s ancient landscapes are changing, and for author Andri Snær Magnason, the deep changes are about more than ice. A thoughtful and existential film from the director of FIRE OF LOVE.

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.

»A magnificent new documentary… A Poetic and Haunting Elegy for a Glacier«

Grade A, Critic’s Pick – IndieWire

»A fascination with the Earth at its most violent and unpredictable”

Screen International

»Dazzling… Strikingly and cinematically explores the life and death of landscapes and human mortality alike.«

POV Magazine

»A bittersweet gnawing at the heart that will resonate with most everybody… Sara Dosa is a master of tone in the documentary space«

The Film Stage

»A comforting, ravishing, poignant examination of what we define as the wonders of our lives«

Awards Watch

»A stirring record of human hopes and regrets.«

RogerEbert.com

»A deeply personal, monumental documentary… A powerful reminder to look backward and forward, and to find where the two meet«

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