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Time and Water

Q&A with producer Elijah Stevens and animator Lucy Munger

2026. 93 m. Sara Dosa. 1-2 Special. Iceland/US. English/Icelandic with subtitles. Rated NR.

Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason 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. 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.

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"A pensive, reflective film which combines striking Super 16 archive material with a deft exploration of the way the narratives of our lives are intertwined with the lands we inhabit."
Wendy Ide, Screen International
"Time and Water helps us understand the environment through the energetic devotion of the people who inhabit it... [the film] stands as a stirring record of human hopes and regrets."
Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com

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Q&A with producer Elijah Stevens and animator Lucy Munger

Q&A with producer Elijah Stevens and animator Lucy Munger

Monday, Jun. 1 2026, 7:00

  • Elijah Stevens is a documentary producer based in New York City. He has produced Time and Water (Sundance 2026; National Geographic Documentary Films) and Barbara Forever, (Sundance 2026). He also associate-produced Hollywoodgate (Venice 2023; BBC Storyville), King Coal (Sundance 2023; POV), the Oscar-nominated Fire of Love (Sundance 2022; National Geographic Documentary Films), The Seer and The Unseen (2019), Sky and Ground (2018), Towards the North (2017), and the Oscar shortlisted Los Comandos (2017), as well as co-producing The Invisible Extinction (CPH:DOX 2022). Stevens’ work has been supported by Sundance, IDA, the Inmaat Foundation, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, The Gotham, DocsBarcelona, DOC NYC, DOK.Forum and Ji.hlava, among others. He was a 2019-2020 fellow in the UnionDocs Collaborative Studio and is a 2025-2026 Sundance Producers Lab fellow.
  • Lucy Munger is an editor and stop motion animator. Her work is featured in Time and Water. She also provided animation for Time and Water director Sara Dosa's 2023 documentary Fire of Love.

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