Ep 131: Filmmaker Ondi Timoner on family, memories & her most personal documentary: Last Flight Home Girls On Film

In this episode filmmaker Ondi Timoner joins Anna Smith to talk about her new documentary, Last Flight Home, sharing with Anna how the documentary came to be, her personal journey throughout the making of it, and the impact that the film is having on audiences. They also talk about her journey to becoming a filmmaker, and her experience of being a woman in the industry.


Last Flight Home is a beautifully moving and deeply personal account of her, and her close-knit family’s, experience as it follows them as their extraordinary father chooses to end his own life following a long illness. The film explores Eli Timoner’s life, his past as the co-founder of Air Florida, and his decision to exercise his right to die with dignity.


Ondi Timoner's Last Flight Home will be in UK cinemas from Friday 25th November 2022.


Other films mentioned in this episode include:
Dig!, Ondi Timoner, 2004
We Live in Public, Ondi Timoner, 2009
Brand, A Second Coming, Ondi Timoner, 2015
Mapplethorpe, Ondi Timoner, 2018
Chrysalis (or Coming Clean), Ondi Timoner, 2020


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