Recipient of the 2022 FILMMAKER IMPACT AWARD, Ondi Timoner
LAST FLIGHT HOME
SAT, 12/3, 1:30pm, 101 min SAG HARBOR CINEMA
Q/A with Director Ondi Timoner and Rogr Sherman
If seats are still available, tickets may be purchased at the festival desk. Cash or Credit cards only
‘At its best, “Last Flight Home” unfolds as a celebration of Eli’s life while he still can enjoy the testimony of the strong impressions he left on others over more than 90 years. That in your final moments on this plane you can see the scale of your life tip towards love and not resentment is a privilege he undoubtedly earned.’
Director: Ondi Timoner
Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner
Editor: Ondi Timoner
Behind a white picket fence, on an unremarkable suburban street, we discover Eli Timoner, who founded Air Florida, the fastest growing airline in the world in the 1970's. During his final days, we discover his extraordinary life filled with incredible success and devastating setbacks, and most importantly, an innate goodness which won him the enduring love and support of his family. Through stunning vérité footage recorded by Ondi, his middle child, Last Flight Home takes audiences on a heart-wrenching ride through Timoner’s life, illustrating a modern day success story built on the power of human connection.
Ondi Timoner has won numerous festival awards for her films, and has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice, for Dig! about the collision of art and commerce and We Live in Public about the loss of privacy online. In November, 2022, she was honored with the Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at Doc NYC.