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This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen sitting alongside Tom Nicholas. Breen is in full flight, arm outstretched, while Nicholas leans forward, glass in hand, smiling for the camera. Nicholas was a founding member of the…

This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen with representatives from Harp Ireland. Breen is shown shaking hands with the Harp rep while leaning over a large foil-covered harp.Since its origin, the festival depends on the…

This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen in conversation with the chairman of the Film Appeals Board Conor Maguire. They are both wearing black-tie suits with a festival ribbon pinned to their lapel. Maguire (1922-2009),…

This is a black and white photo of Elaine Stephens on stage with a Disney representative. He is caught off guard by the camera and looks towards it while Stephens, in a long patterned dress, looks down at her papers. Behind them the somewhat wrinkled…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish actor Tom Hickey with two unidentified companions. Hickey stands on the right of the photo in a check shirt. While Hickey is best known for playing the part of 'Benji Riordan' in the long-running Irish…

This black and white photo shows a group of men standing together posing for the camera. We recognise the filmmaker John Boorman standing at the far left in a cheque jacket. He stands alongside the Irish director Norman Cohen, in a dark jacket and…

This black and white photo shows four men seated together for a festival press briefing. A large banner for Cork Film International acts as a backdrop. The back of the photo identifies the actor and filmmaker John Boorman, the former film censor…

This black and white photo shows a young audience listening to a speaker out of our vision. The back of the photo notes the name ‘Ida McSweeny’ who might have organised or presented the workshop. A provisional date of ‘1970s’ is also attributed to…

This black and white photo shows the festival director presenting a St Finbarr statuette to an unidentified recipient.The St Finbarr statuette was designed by the Cork-born sculptor Seamus Murphy RHA. A small number of festival programmes (eg 1970)…

These black and white photos show the then Fianna Fáil minister Dr Patrick Hillery with Tony Halpin and Mrs Halpin, Dermot Breen and Gus Healy. The small group, pressed up against the dark curtains behind them, chat and laugh as they introduce…