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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2025 Gothams: Studio-Backed ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes on True Indies; Lands Six Noms

FYC

Eric Lavallée - October 28, 2025

In a cinematic landscape increasingly dominated by gargantuan, risk-averse budgets, the upcoming Gotham Awards have set the stage for a compelling David vs. Goliath...

Interview: Yorgos Lanthimos & Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia

Interviews

Eric Lavallée - October 28, 2025

There is a chaotic violence at the core of Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia and so when the filmmaker re-teamed with Poor Things and Kinds of...

Exclusive Trailer: Ashes to Ashes, Toronto to Oslo in Bohdanowicz’s ‘Measures for a Funeral’ (2025)

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - October 27, 2025

After premiering at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and completing its long film festival run, Sofia Bohdanowicz's Measures for a Funeral is now...

2025 SODEC Coin for New Projects by Philippe Lesage, Annie St-Pierre & Charlotte Le Bon

Foreign Film News

Eric Lavallée - October 22, 2025

Quebec’s SODEC (the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) have opened the coffers backing the next wave of projects that will shoot next year...