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) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

Exclusive articles:

Farhadi Not Forgotten; Cinema Guild Dig into The Past for “About Elly”

Acquisitions – Foreign Films

Eric Lavallée - November 19, 2014

Rarely do we report on films being picked up a good half decade after the fact, but Cinema Guild's Ryan Krivoshey saw value in...

2015 Sundance Predictions: Which Film is the Next Whiplash?

Features

Eric Lavallée - November 19, 2014

Despite the lottery-esque sounding odds, the U.S Dramatic Competition section which produces the finest American indie specimens such as Frozen River, Winter's Bone, Blue Valentine, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beasts...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions List: An Introduction

Features

Eric Lavallée - November 17, 2014

Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up,...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 14, 2014

We can still feel the heat generated from Craig Zobel's Compliance. His sophomore film, which was made on a dime (his directorial debut Great World...