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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2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #30. Nabil Elderkin – Gully

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2018

An American photographer, turned music video director turned filmmaker who found fortune via a peculiar Kanye West encounter, American-Iranian Nabil Elderkin (who was among...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #29. Christoph Waltz – Georgetown

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2018

Surprisingly not unspooling at TIFF last September at the same time as the Green Book brouhaha, actor Christoph Waltz completed shooting on his directorial...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #28. Elizabeth Stopford – Forgiveness (Docu)

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2018

Hereditary gave Park City a January jolt....so perhaps, Elizabeth Stopford's Forgiveness can do the same for the docu realm. Developed with Film4 and the Sundance...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #27. Josh Trank – Fonzo

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2018

It's time to say goodbye to the De Niro Capone touch from The Untouchables. A meatier, bulkier project that would certainly rev up Sundance audiences,...