Eric Lavallée

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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Interview: Dominic Yarabe – Entre le Feu et le Clair de Lune (2025 Sundance Short)

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Interview: Gerardo Coello Escalante & Amandine Thomas – SUSANA (2025 Sundance Short)

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Interview: Yuxuan Ethan Wu – Death Education (2025 Sundance Short)

Among the select few documentary short films chosen for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is Death Education, a poignant story set in China in...

2025 Sundance Film Festival: Jianjie Lin, Lennert Madou & Dominic Yarabe Among Our Top Shorts

For the second consecutive year, we reviewed all the shorts from the eight program lineups that make up the Short Film selections and narrowed...

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