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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2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Djinn Carrenard’s Making Love

#62. Djinn Carrenard's Making Love Gist: Filmed on the outskirts of Paris, Faire l’amour is about a mother who leaves prison in search of her...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Axelle Ropert’s Tirez la Langue, Mademoiselle

#64. Axelle Ropert's Tirez la Langue, Mademoiselle Gist: Moving into the comedy/dramatic realm once again, this is about two very close brothers, both doctors in...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Claude Lanzmann’s The Last of the Unjust

#65. Claude Lanzmann's The Last of the Unjust Gist: This reveals a little-known yet fundamental aspect of the Holocaust, and sheds light on the origins...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot

#68. Atom Egoyan's Devil’s Knot Gist: What will certainly be served up by Egoyan as atmospherically cold, in 1993, in the small town and religious...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Hong Khaou’s Lilting

#82. Hong Khaou's Lilting Gist: Placed third on 2011 Brit List, with Ben Whishaw toplining, Lilting tells the story of a mother’s attempt at understanding...

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IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...

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The jury of Leila Bekhti and peers Thomas Cailley,...
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