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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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’

He has been owning Sundance since he premiered 1996 The Delta and three decades later the cinema of Ira Sachs has been expanding to...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Emmanuel Marre’s ‘Notre Salut’

A relative newcomer to cinema with only the co-directed Zero Fucks Given (with Julie Lecoustre) selected for the 2021 edition of Critics’ Week, Emmanuel...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’

The only title to have had its world premiere prior to hitting the south of France is Bitter Christmas from Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. The...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 7 – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’

We nearly lost this master filmmaker during the Covid pandemic and so Minotaur counts as Andrey Zvyagintsev's first oeuvre after being hospitalized for a...

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Years We Fell Apart: Razo Resurrects the Final Throes of Childhood For his first narrative feature, documentary filmmaker Bruno Santamaría Razo utilizes a docu-hybrid in...

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Interview: Zou Jing – A Girl Unknown | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

A film project we've been tracking when the Critics'...

Interview: Federico Luis – For the Opponents | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

We discovered Argentine filmmaker Federico Luis as one of...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lucia Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month highlights an emerging talent...
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