‘Time And Water,’ ‘Nuisance Bear,’ ‘Whispers In May,’ And More Documentaries Slated For Margaret Mead Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Sara Dosa’s acclaimed documentary Time and Water will open the upcoming Margaret Mead Film Festival, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

The 2026 edition of the prestigious cinematic showcase will run from May 1-3.

Time and Water, from National Geographic Documentary Films, has been described as a “beautiful, painful and existential film” about the loss of glaciers in Iceland, as seen through the experience and work of Icelandic author and filmmaker Andri Snær Magnason.

The Margaret Mead Film Festival, which launched in 1977, is named for the famed cultural anthropologist who served as curator of ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1946-1969.

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Director Sara Dosa at SXSW 2026 on March 13, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

In a statement provided to Deadline, Dosa (Fire of Love), commented, “Our film Time and Water

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