Ondi Timoner was in Budapest filming a Holocaust documentary when she learned her house in Altadena had been destroyed in the Eaton Fire. When she was finally able to fly back to Los Angeles, she had little time to absorb what she’d lost, going straight from LAX to the sold-out “DIG! XX” screening at Vidiots in Eagle Rock.
The mood was already nostalgic at the event, with shared memories of the chaotic shoot of the original film, 2004’s “DIG!” But after the devastating fires, which also took the home of her brother, the film’s editor David Timoner, the gathering of the film and music community also became a wake of sorts.