ASSOCIATE IJPC DIRECTOR RICHARD NESS

was a guest scholar-critic at the Locarno International Film Festival in August, 2004 appearing on a panel called "Retrospective: Newsfront -- Reporters, media, scoops and the search for truth.

The retrospective portrayed the rapport between film and journalism. "This signifies an attempt to outline two paths which have progressed in parallel through the last century, growing ever closer until they have almost merged." Topics discussed: The myth of the crusading journalist, the obsession with the truth, the scandal of the real and double vision -- the hypothesis being that cinema has become the journalism of our time.