Film Festivals

Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Twin Flower (Fiore Gemello)

Published on September 24, 2018

Italian helmer Laura Luchetti‘s coming-of-ager both pairs and juxtaposes the harshness and beauty of the backdrop with the realities of displacement, running towards and away from something and while I’m certain there could be comparisons made between Happy as Lazzaro and Honorable Mention for FIPRESCI Prize at this year’s TIFF for Twin Flower, this Discovery programme selection appears to be less allegorical. Our photo session with Luchetti gave us the following:

Laura Luchetti, TWIN FLOWER / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).