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This is a black and white photo of a dinner, or lunch, party attended by Barbara Vance who is the only guest identified at the back of the photo. The thirteen guests, all of whom are smiling for the camera, sit on either side of a long table with the…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish actors Harry Towb and Michael Twomey standing next to each other on a stage in front of two microphones. Towb, on the left, is looking down at his left wrist as if checking the time. The taller Twomey…

This undated black and white photo shows Billy Newman holding up a film reel while examining a strip of film against the light. He is dressed in a dapper glen-check tartan jacket accessorised with a flower on the left lapel and is shown in profile…

This is a black and white photo, marked ‘1960s workshop’. A large audience fill the room with young listeners seated at the back and older listeners to the front. The speaker (or film) is off-camera and has the attention of the room. A double-reel…

This is a black and white photo of a workshop that appears to be demonstrating the intricacies of film editing to a small group of participants. The back of the photograph identifies two of the participants as Donal Wilde, sitting at the table, and…

This is an atmospheric black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen speaking to a seated audience. We only see his back but recognise him from his distinctive side profile. A single spotlight throws its glare down towards the stage and…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen in Fitzgerald’s Park giving an interview to a BBC television crew in the late 1960s. The interview is taking place on one of the tree-lined avenues that dot the park amidst its…

This is a black and white photo of the English screenwriter Wolf Mankowtiz and companions at the Savoy Cinema in Cork. The imposing figure of Mankowitz, dressed in all black, stands on the right of the photo, slightly turned to his left whilst in…

This is a black and white photo of a press conference taken during the late 1970s. The press corps is seated in front of the main desk where the film festival director, Dermot Breen, sits at the microphone taking questions from them. An audience is…

This is a black and white photo of the actor Harry Towb in conversation with two guests one of whom is identified as Brian Coomber at the back of the photo. We have no information on Coomber but recognise Towb as the popular actor from Northern…