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). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka

It would be the longest hap between films and certainly his most ambitious project to date (it was rumored to span all the continents...

Number Five: Alice Winocour is in Pre-Production on Paris-Based Young Adult Portrait

A recent casting notice reveals that French filmmaker Alice Winocour, whose last film Revoir Paris was selected for Directors' Fortnight in 2022, is in...

2024 TIFF Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Ana Endara’s ‘Beloved Tropic’ (Querido Trópico)

This marks the world premiere week for Panama City-based Ana Endara's fiction feature debut at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (Centerpiece programme selection)...

Exclusive Clip: A Different Kind of Cohabitation in Elena Manrique’s ‘Fin De Fiesta’ (The Party’s Over) – TIFF 2024

After cutting her teeth for just under two decades with films such as The Orphanage (2007), Transsiberian (2008) and Cell 211 (2009), Spanish film...

2024 TIFF Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for César Augusto Acevedo’s ‘Horizonte’

Today marks the world premiere of Colombian filmmaker César Augusto Acevedo's sophomore feature at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery section selection). Nearly...

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