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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2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love

With a famous pair of acting parents, we imagine that his on-set apprenticeship qualifies as film school. The multi-talented (jury will be out on...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Anthony Burns’ North of Hell

We were big fans of Anthony Burns' debut film, the visually strong coming-of-ager sans pretension and a nod to the Dazed and Confused sorts with...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Avi Lewis’ The Message

Sundance tends to include at least one eco-friendly docu in their line-up, and this one promises to shake up the establishment. He broke out...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Max Landis’ Me Him Her

The family name got him onto film sets (on our end we call that the best film school), but it's 2012 Chronicle that set...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Mark Grieco’s Marmato

Having just participated at the 2013 Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound, Mark Grieco's heavily supported docu (Cinereach, MacArthur and BRITDOC Foundations)...

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2026 Venice Film Festival: Lili Horvát, Nathalia Acevedo & Robert Guédiguian in Giornate Degli Autori

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2026 TIFF: Amanda Kernell, Irene Dionisio & John Trengove Films Among Dozen Platform Comp Selections

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