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).

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Antonio Méndez Esparza, Pablo Giorgelli and Guy Édoin Among Selected 15 for Cinéfondation’s Atelier

In its first year, Cannes' Cinéfondation’s Atelier invited projects from relative filmmaker unknowns such as Gerardo Naranjo (I'm Gonna Explode), Lisandro Alonso (Liverpool) and...

Enemy Lands Five but Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle is Tops at 2014 Canadian Screen Awards

Despite not being nominated for Best Director, Louise Archambault's Gabrielle managed to pull off what we thought was the impossible (our Leora Heilbronn has...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #1. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writers: Nuri Bilge Ceylan and wife/actress/producer Ebru Ceylan Producers: Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan (has been Ceylan's producer since Climates). U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast:...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #3. Ruben Östlund’s Tourist

Tourist Director: Ruben Östlund Writer: Ruben Östlund Producers: Plattform Produktion's Erik Hemmendorff (Bypass), Essential Film's Marie Kjellson, Film i Vast U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Johannes Bah Kuhnke,...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #5. Cristi Puiu’s Sierra-Nevada

Sierra-Nevada Director: Cristi Puiu Writer: Cristi Puiu Producers: Mandragora's Anca Puiu and Slot Machine's Marianne Slot U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: No word yet, but we expect a recognizable...

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2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)

There was no mention this morning for a film...

2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp

A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according...

2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and...
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