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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TIFF 2021: Platform Comp includes Cantet, Siegel/McGehee, Abu-Assad & Hadžihalilović

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Eric Lavallée - August 11, 2021

Riz Ahmed and the yet to be named pair of Platform Jury teammates won't have much watching to do as this year's Platform section...

TIFF 2021: Titane Opens Midnight Madness / Quinzaine Fills Wavelengths & The Gravedigger’s Wife & Compartment No. 6 Among Prestige Items

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Eric Lavallée - August 4, 2021

With only one more Wednesday announcement left in the bank (competition Platform section and the shorts get announced next week) today we saw the...

2021 Giornate degli Autori: Plenty of First Features Plus Antoine Barraud, Iván Fund & Aly Muritiba

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Eric Lavallée - July 28, 2021

And finally it's the Giornate degli Autori folks headed by topper Gaia Furrer that have unveiled their sidebar selections. Of the ten feature films...

TIFF 2021: Bouli Lanners, Ho Wi Ding, Nathalie Biancheri, Agustina San Martín & Stephen Karam to World Preem in Toronto

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Eric Lavallée - July 28, 2021

Cherry picking the better titles from Cannes (winning titles such as Murina, Unclenching The Fists) and Venice, today TIFF programmers beefed up their Special...