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The image on the front of the 2006 festival programme is by Patrick Morrison, who was an LA-based Cork-born artist (1945-2013). It is a detail from his painting Metropolis. The picture, which wraps around the spine of the programme, shows a cinema…

The front cover image on the 2007 festival programme is by Patrick Morrison, who was an LA-based Cork-born artist (1945-2013). It is a detail from The Golden Gate Bridge and depicts a couple on, or near, the red-orange steel struts of the bridge.…

This is a black and white photo of the American actor Hurd Hatfield standing with two festival guests from Ballinlough in Cork. Hatfield, in a dress suit, is smiling as he looks to his right at his young companion. On his left a lady, in a white…

The 1967 festival programme is slim, with an abstract design on its cover in the form of violet coloured text and graphics against a cream-coloured background. The back cover is plain white with an advertisement for ‘Hewitt’s Whisky’ stretching…

The original 1967 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 80 numbered pages. The pdf version includes profiles and images of Jury president Jan Olof Olsson (Sweden), Vicomte Georges de la…

This is a black and white photo of the Italian actors Luisa Della Noce and Sylva Koscina with festival director Dermot Breen. Della Noce is in animated conversation with Dermot Breen while Koscina looks on. Breen has his left arm linked through the…

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 of the English actor June Thorburn leaning back to kiss the Blarney Stone at the Blarney Castle, Cork. Thorburn is dressed in a dark top with a light-coloured blouse and is smiling up at the camera as she leans…

This is a black and white photo of the German film actor Eva-Ingeborg Scholz (1928-) sitting on a carpeted step with the film festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978). Scholz, in a dark dress trimmed with a white fur collar and accessorised with…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams and the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch presenting her with an award. Addams, in a light-coloured evening gown, decorated at the waist with a brooch and a trailing ribbon, is shown in…