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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Rodrigo Santoro Finds “Outro Lado do Céu” Deep in the Amazon

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - July 26, 2023

We saw that Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro was hard at work on a new fourth feature, and now we have the title, cast and...

2023 Venice: Mika Gustafson, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, Normande+Tiao, Nattiv+Ebrahimi & Ross Bros. in Orizzonti Program

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - July 25, 2023

Eighteen is the exact number of films selected last year, and will probably be the case for (the opener was not yet announced) the...

2023 Venice: Ava DuVernay, David Fincher, Agnieszka Holland, Malgorzata Szumowska & Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Comp Surprises!

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - July 25, 2023

We have twenty-three competition entries and all the America films that were tipped to compete for the Golden Lion have indeed stuck to their...

2023 Cannes Film Festival Winners – Competition [Video]

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - July 24, 2023

Ruben Östlund, Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Damián Szifron and Julia Ducournau put the cards on the...