The Key West Film Festival announced Thursday that Miami-born filmmaker Ondi Timoner will be presented with the prestigious Golden Key Award for Excellence In Documentary Filmmaking at this year’s festival, which runs from Nov. 12-16.

Timoner, known for her documentaries about "visionaries challenging the status quo," is the only director to have won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize twice, for DIG! and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC . Both acclaimed films are now part of MoMA's permanent collection. Her recent work, the 2022 film LAST FLIGHT HOME — about her father's end-of-life journey — was Oscar-shortlisted, Emmy-nominated, and earned her the Humanitas Prize.

The festival will showcase two of her latest projects: the feature-length documentary ALL GOD’S CHILDREN and her recent

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