New Documentary Focuses on Iceland’s Disappearing Glaciers

2026-01-28 - 11:32

A new documentary drawing on the work of Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason explores the links between climate change, time and family memory. As discussed on Screen Rant, Time and Water, directed by Fire of Love filmmaker Sara Dosa, takes its name and thematic foundation from Magnason’s book, which examines the human dimensions of environmental change. What's the Story? Documentary Time and Water directed by Sara Dosa; title and themes drawn from Andri Snær Magnason’s book On Time and Water Focus on links between climate change, glaciers and family memory Features Icelandic landscapes filmed by Pedro Alvarez Mesa Memory And Ice The film combines personal archive footage with large-scale landscape imagery filmed in Iceland. Cinematography by Pedro Alvarez Mesa captures rivers, glaciers and highland terrain, providing a visual framework for Magnason’s reflections on generational memory and the pace of ecological transformation. A central reference point is Okjökull, often called Ok Glacier, which in 2014 was declared no longer a glacier. Magnason has previously written about the site as a way of communicating the scale of climate change, a topic also reported on by Iceland Review. The documentary places scientific projections about long-term glacier loss alongside domestic scenes and family history, framing environmental change within lived experience. By linking landscape shifts to personal narratives, the film presents climate change as both a global process and an intimate story.