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), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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2023 MyMetaStories: 1st Edition includes Roquet’s “Libertad”, Ido’s “Gravity” & Mitevska’s “The Happiest Man in the World”

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - September 27, 2023

The selections for the first edition of MyMetaStories - The Innovative European Film Festival were announced and among the seven feature films selected we...

Venice Film Festival 2023: All of IONCINEMA.com’s Movie Reviews

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - September 26, 2023

We came, we saw, we conquered. Our Nicholas Bell was in review overdrive assessing the entire competition and much more. We'll still have film...

2024 Oscars: Lila Avilés’ Tótem is Mexico’s Nomination for Best International Film

FYC

Eric Lavallée - September 26, 2023

In a flurry of announcements for the Best International Film category, we now learn that Mexico has selected Lila Avilés' brilliant sophomore feature, Tótem...

Love Me Don’t: Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair & Damien Bonnard Join Mouret’s “Une honnête femme”

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - September 25, 2023

A major ensemble casting update has dropped (via the Cineuropa folks) for Emmanuel Mouret's next directing gig. His brochette includes Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier,...