“Time And Water” Coming Soon To Disney+
Disney has released new details on a brand new documentary film from National Geographic called “Time And Water”, which will be coming to cinemas and Disney+ later this year.
The new film follows renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason, who is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a 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. The film is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.
Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer and documentary film director. He has written poetry, fiction, plays, nonfiction and science fiction. His book “On Time and Water” has been translated into more than 30 languages. Magnason has received international awards like the Philip K. Dick Honorary Mention for “LoveStar,” the Prima Tiziano Terzani in Italy for “On Time and Water,” and the Green Earth Book Award for his YA book “The Casket of Time.”
Carolyn Bernstein, EVP of National Geographic Documentary Films, said in a statement regarding the new film:
“Time And Water” is a deeply moving and timely cri de coeur that invites audiences to reflect on the ties that bind us to the natural world and to each other. As with ‘Fire of Love,’ Sara and her team’s unique creative vision and spirit of collaboration bring emotional depth, dramatic urgency and spectacular cinematography to a story that speaks to generations past, present and future.”
Academy Award-nominated director Sara Dosa added:
“Time And Water” weaves a story of family and our natural landscapes as an effort to make sense of our profoundly changing world. We were inspired by how memory is carried across time, through family archives and cultural myths, in the land and the ice itself. Our film reveals how human life is inseparable from nature, bringing the distant future into intimate focus and inviting audiences to imagine, act, and feel a love for a world beyond their own lifetimes.”
Andri Snær Magnason also said:
“When speaking about the climate crisis, a scientist once said to me: ‘People don’t understand data, they understand stories. Sara is a masterful, poetic storyteller, who has brought my family’s stories and experiences into a larger conversation about time, memory and our relationship to the environment. The film is a love letter to glaciers and generations, an invitation to us all to consider how we listen to the world as it changes around us.”
Check out the trailer for “Time And Water” below:
Sara Dosa is an Oscar-nominated nonfiction filmmaker whose work centers on the human relationship with more-than-human nature. The films she has directed — “Fire of Love” (2022), “The Seer & The Unseen” (2019) and “The Last Season” (2015) — have won numerous awards, including a Peabody and the Directors’ Guild of America Award, and were nominated for over 40 awards, including an Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy and an Independent Spirit Award. Dosa’s work has been shown at festivals worldwide, including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel, and has screened in partnership with museums such as the MOMA, BAMPFA and the Louvre.
“Time And Water” world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews, with critics hailing the film as “the most gorgeous documentary of the year,” “magnificent” and “monumental.” Most recently, “Time And Water” screened at the Margaret Mead Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Full Frame, CPH:DOX and Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. Upcoming festival screenings include Hot Docs, Millennium Docs Against Gravity and Sheffield DocFest.
“Time And Water” is presented by National Geographic Documentary Films and Sandbox Films in association with Ninmah Foundation. The film is a Signpost Pictures Production in association with Compass Films. “Time And Water” is directed, written and produced by Sara Dosa. Shane Boris, Elijah Stevens and Jameka Autry serve as producers.
The film is written and edited by Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput, with Mark Harrison also serving as editor. Andri Snær Magnason contributes as a writer and co-producer. The film is scored by Dan Deacon. Heather Millard serves as co-producer. Executive producers include Carolyn Bernstein and Tim Horsburgh with National Geographic Documentary Films, Jessica Harrop and Caitlin Mae Burke with Sandbox Films, Kristín Ólafsdóttir, Nina Fialkow, Moudhy Al-Rashid and Sam Frohman.
Distributed by 1-2 Special in North America and Dogwoof internationally, “Time And Water” will play in theatres globally beginning May 29th 2025. It will air on National Geographic and stream on Disney+ later this year.
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