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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Tennis Anyone?: Film Movement to Serve Leonardo Van Dijl’s Cannes Fave ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’

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Lingering Influence: Meryem Benm’Barek Filming ‘Behind the Palm Trees’

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A Pain That I’m Used To: Metrograph Pictures Tables Dea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘April’

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