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This is a black and white photo of the 1956 Cork Film Festival Jury. The eight jury members are grouped formally with five seated at the front with three standing behind them. The seven men are dressed formally in dark suits with bow ties, while the…

This is a black and white photo marked ‘festival jury’ in a photo dated ‘1960s’. The small group of five sit on a leather-covered high-backed bench, and smile for the camera. While some faces are familiar to us from the archive they remain…

This is a black and white photograph of a street sweeper pushing his cleaning truck in front of the Cork Opera House and being escorted by two festival mascots. The mascots, dressed as film negatives, are holding balloons decorated with the 1996…

This is a black and white photo of an unidentified choir participating at the annual film festival mass. We can see the back of the choir, facing the conductor, as they sing. The conductor is looking down at his music - his arms raised in…

This is an undated black and white photo of the congregation at the festival's annual mass. The pews are full and at the back of the Church, by the stained glass doors, we can just about make out the crowds standing by the open doors of the Church.…

This is an undated black and white photo of the congregation at a film festival mass in St Francis Church, Cork. The pews are full and those without seats stand up against the church walls. We notice the Lord Mayor Seán O’Leary kneeling at the…

This is a black and white photo of Joseph Tomelty, the Irish character actor, novelist and playwright, reading from the pulpit of St. Francis' Church on Liberty Street in Cork. Joseph Tomelty (1911-1995) was a cultural tour de force from the North of…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor of Cork Seán O'Leary reading from the pulpit of St. Francis Church on Liberty Street in Cork. Seán O'Leary (1941-2006) was an Irish accountant, barrister, judge and Fine Gael politician who served as…

This is a black and white photo of eight programme sellers, identified at the back of the photo as the 'first programme sellers'. The young women are dressed in above-the-knee dresses and low-heeled court shoes. They stand together in a…

This is a black and white photo of festival staff, dressed in film festival promotional sweatshirts, on the roof of the Cork Opera House. They are posing amidst the roof-top detritus of abandoned steel poles and advertising hoarding while below them…