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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2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2013

We predicted Snowpiercer would break into Cannes of 2013. That didn't happen. We began to think about Toronto....and nope. Normally we would never associate...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2013

Just like the Chileans did last year's fest, the Norwegians have been slowly invading the Sundance Film Festival with an output of films from...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2013

Live. From New York. It's...Craig Johnson. Another product from the Duplass factory, after breaking out with the micro-budgeted SXSW preemed True Adolescents, Johnson remains...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Debbie Tucker Green’s Second Coming

Festival Predictions

Eric Lavallée - November 21, 2013

Known for exploring psychological terrain with a tactful and poetic profundity, she broke out on filmic terms with the '09 short Heat, British Academy...