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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2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - May 15, 2025

The Belarusian born, Ukraine filmmaker has loaded up the Cannes Film Festival with what feels like an easy dozen offerings in both the docu...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 2 – Mascha Schilinski’s ‘Sound of Falling’

Film Festivals

Eric Lavallée - May 14, 2025

A little bit after this year's Berlinale, there was was a great deal of buzz surrounding a certain German title that opted for the...

L’intérêt d’Adam | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Reviews

Eric Lavallée - May 14, 2025

No Bandaid Solutions: Wandel’s Suffocating Drama Explores Collective Collateral Damage Following her remarkable debut Playground (read review), Belgian auteur Laura Wandel moves from a harrowing...