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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Video Interview: Beatriz Seigner – Los Silencios | 2018 Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Intl. Film Festival

In a screenwriting process that would end up being more informed by Beatriz Seigner's hands-on docu approach, Los Silencios presents the secluded, no-man's lands...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Onwards and Awards | Day 10

The intimacy of smaller film festivals allow for a closer proximity between between those who create and those who contextualize and critique art. My...

Video Interview: Elizabeth Chomko – What They Had

Compassionate, introspective and quietly in your face, What They Had makes a case for coming to terms....on your own terms. Films where the focal...

2018 PYIFF Dailies: Borders & Boundaries in Seigner’s Los Silencios & Xue’s The Crossing | Day 9

These days, the notion of borders is commonly associated to building walls and keeping what some deem as social ills at arm's length. In...

Interview: Elizabeth Chomko – What They Had | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab

Contrary to what some might say, not all projects that break into any of the Sundance Institute labs make the Advance to GO, collect...

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Live From Cannes!!! Meet the Jury For Our 2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel

Since 2011, IONCINEMA.com has kept its finger firmly on...

Butterfly Jam | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

For a Few Delens More: Balagov Congeals in the...

La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Liar of Your Desire: Salvadori Sputters with Low...
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