• In the afternoon, Edouard Baer met, for his third live morning program on Radio Nova, with Catherine Deneuve, followed by Isabelle Huppert, in his hotel room. Just like that.
• A guest at the gala evening dedicated to the Festival by the Ambassadeur de France in Japan, Laurent Pic, which took place at his residence in the hills above the city, Tom Yoda, a great figure of Japanese film distribution within Gaga Communications, expressed his passion for French cinema. "I've done everything I can!" Film directors Hirokazu Kore-Eda and Koji Fukada, also francophiles, were present. Last but not least, the singer Vianney gave a small acoustic concert at the event, in homage to Pierre Barouh.
• The Film Market ran for two days within Hibiya Park, with 24 sales agents, some of whom had returned (delighted) from Seoul, where the first French Film Market in the city had been organized a few days earlier.
