Eric Lavallée

9225 POSTS
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).

Exclusive articles:

2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins

Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The Girl In The Snow continues to wow auds -- it has now claimed the 2025...

Interview: Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Part of a new wave of Egyptian filmmakers testing genre waters, Morad Mostafa builds from 2023 short "I Promise You Paradise," to once again...

2025 Gan Film Foundation: Guillaume Renusson, Nyima Cartier, Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz & Lila Pinell Land Support

The quartet of first and second feature film projects highlighted by the Gan Film Foundation have been unveiled and we have a pair worth...

2025 Marrakech Intl. Film Fest: Promised Sky Wins L’Étoile d’Or + All the Winners!

After acknowledging the work of Debora Lobe Naney, Jury president Bong Joon-ho awarded Marrakech's top award to Erige Sehiri's Promised Sky. The Under the...

2026 Sundance: Walter Thompson-Hernández, Kogonada & Makoto Nagahisa in the NEXT Section

Walter Thompson-Hernández, Kogonada and Makoto Nagahisa are just some of the alluring unique filmmaker talents working on the type of cinema that you can't...

Breaking

Total Eclipse of the Art: Markus Schleinzer Sets Christian Friedel as ‘Klaus’ Nomi

Fresh off the acclaimed Berlinale premiere of his third...

No Disappearing Act Here: Kino Lorber Locates Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’

Following its Un Certain Regard premiere at Cannes, Manuela...

Two Prosecutors | Review

Ordeal by Innocence: Loznitsa Mines the Terrors of Naïveté A...
spot_imgspot_img