The second day of the Festival opens with the presence of the historic Francesco Pasinetti Competition and with the “thoughts from the set” of Ninagawa Mika, certainly the most famous of contemporary Japanese photographers, capable of happily bringing her own gaze – and a pop and colourful aesthetic – also to cinema, where she made her debut in 2007 with Sakuran, an original and ‘heretical’ re-interpretation of medieval Japan.
Another important guest of the 14th edition will be the French director, screenwriter and actor Philippe Le Guay, in a programme realised in collaboration with the Alliance Francaise. Le Guay made his debut in the 1980s and in his career has crossed genres and styles that are very different from each other, from costume films to thrillers, from noir to political dramas, but has distinguished himself above all for his comedies with a fresh and witty touch. Le Guay will be in Venice to retrace his career with Marie-Christine Jamet, director of the Alliance Francaise and lecturer at Ca’ Foscari, while scenes from his films will scroll across the Auditorium screen.
From France we will then fly to the other side of the world for a special programme, curated by Cecilia Cossio, dedicated to the Indian director Faraz Arif Ansari.
