On Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, two-time Sundance-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner (DIG!, Last Flight Home) will share her latest documentary, All the Walls Came Down, at the Joshua Tree Cultural Center, which is emerging as one of the country’s newest creative hubs in a community filled with artists. 

The screening weekend will also feature special anniversary showings of DIG! XX and Last Flight Home, with live Q&As featuring Timoner, her family, and longtime collaborators.

Timoner lost her home in the 2023 Eaton Fire, the subject of her new film,  and has since relocated to Joshua Tree. The weekend inaugurates the center’s  2025–26 season, featuring immersive cinema, avant-garde performances, occult history, and desert-rooted counterculture. 

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Ondi Timoner at the remains of her home after the Eaton Fire (Eli Timoner)

Highlights of the new season include:

  • An opening weekend featuring Film Institute Presentations Collection, including:
    • Screening of DIG! XX with a Q&A with Ondi Timoner and special guests 
    • Premier screening of All the Walls Came Down, introduced by Ondi Timber
    • Screening of Last Flight Home, introduced by Ondi Timoner, the family and cast 
  • Curated Exhibitions and Performances that have helped shape Joshua Tree’s raw and spiritual environment.
  • Signature November Events 
    • S/He Is Still Her/e: Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary screening with Director David Rodrigues
    • Table of the Elements: All Colors Present live performance with  Tom Mueller 
    • The Gods of Times Square screening with/ Director Richard Sandler 
    • Joshua Tree Playhouse: Coyote Howl with Justin Zsebe
    • Kenneth Anger’s Lucifer Rising: Occult Saga of a Cursed Film presentation by Brian Butler and screening 
    • GramFest: Cosmic American Music Festival 
  •  December Programming for the holidays and beyond:
    • Control screening,  Intro and Q&A  with Producer Orian Williams 
    • Joshua Tree Philharmonic — A Medieval Christmas orchestral concert with maestro Jarrod Radnich 
    • Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present screening with director Tyler Hubby, musical performance accompaniment, followed by a concert at Joshua Tree Playhouse: Holidaze Hullabaloo festive year-end celebration 

Full programming and details are available here.    

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Maestro Jarrod Radnich with the Joshua Tree Philharmonic in the Blak Box Theater (Taso Papadakis)