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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Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s ‘The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands’ – Everything We Know So Far …

Features

Eric Lavallée - January 17, 2026

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2026 European Film Awards: ‘Sentimental Value’ Wins Big while Laxe’s ‘Sirāt’ Nabs Five!

FYC

Eric Lavallée - January 17, 2026

It was perhaps poetic justice for the "2nd place" Cannes Film Festival winner, as Juliette Binoche who handed out the Palme d'Or to Jafar...

2026 Screenwriters Lab Fellows: Eleven Projects Selected Including Sarah Friedland’s ‘The Queue’

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - January 16, 2026

The Sundance Institute have unveiled the 2026 Screenwriters Lab (January) and Screenwriters Intensive (March) Fellows with a total of eleven projects (A whopping 3,800...