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This is a PDF of the 1979 festival programme. The slim programme has an abstract design on its cover in the form of elongated shapes, in various shades of brown and red, stretching from the top to the bottom of the page.This was the first programme…

The original 1985 programme is slim soft card-bound issue measuring 10cm x 21cm. The bind is stapled and it has 56 numbered pages. The pdf of the 1985 programme opens with a tribute to Sir Richard Attenborough and a selection of his films were shown…

The original 1984 programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 9.5cm x 21cm. The bind is stapled and it has 64 numbered pages. We note the title: Cork Festival of Film which was introduced at the 1982 festival to reflect the limited programming due…

This is a black and white photo of Denis (Dinny) Gould's retirement party in June 1971. The photo notes that the party was a ‘Farewell to Captain Denis Gould’ who was festival secretary since its inception in 1956. The convivial crowd are gathered…

This is an undated black and white photo of the festival committee. The small group of six men pose for the camera smiling, on and around a staircase. While the men are unidentified we recognise Robin O’Sullivan and Gus Healy, second left on the…

This is a black and white photo of Richard Attenborough with Lord Mayor Dan Wallace and others at a civic reception in the Lord Mayor’s office in 1985. Attenborough is signing the visitors' book seated next to the Lord Mayor and festival chairman…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Robin O’Sullivan with the Irish actor Mary Larkin. O’Sullivan, with a rose in the lapel of his jacket, is turned towards Larkin as she speaks to him. Born in Dublin, Larkin played parts in the…

These black and white photos are of festival director Robin O’Sullivan and unidentified colleagues. They show the convivial Robin O’Sullivan, in photos marked 1980s, in conversation with festival attendees. O’Sullivan stepped in to run the film…

This is a black and white photo, taken during the 1980s, of the sculptor Patrick O’Sullivan in conversation with festival director Robin O’Sullivan. Patrick O’Sullivan is sitting on Robin O’Sullivan’s desk who is looking up at him as they talk. A…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Judy Geeson with Robin O’Sullivan and an unidentified colleague. Blond-haired Geeson, wearing a white lace evening dress and holding a bouquet of flowers, looks at the camera as she leaves the…