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This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen in conversation with two colleagues, one of whom is identified as Mr J Chapman. The small convivial group are huddled together, with food and drink in hand, smiling and laughing as…

This is a black and white photo of the film festival director Dermot Breen and three women marked as 'Italian Girls' on the back of the photo. Breen is shown laughing in the centre of the photo surrounded by the three women who are smiling towards…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978) taken in 1957. Breen is smiling up at the camera while seated at a large desk in front of an equally large poster advertising 'Tostal Corcai 1957' (Cork Pageant or…

This is a black and white photograph of the festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified guest standing in front of a handwritten sign which asks patrons to be careful. Breen, shown in profile, right arm raised in gesticulation, is in animated…

This is an undated black and white photo of a young Dermot Breen, customary cigarette in hand, posing in front of a large poster advertising the various aspects of the Tóstal festival. Tóstal was a pageant held around Ireland to celebrate Ireland’s…

This is a black and white photo of a young Dermot Breen in front of a poster advertising the German film Der Arzt von Stalingrad (The Doctor of Stalingrad) (Géza von Radványi, 1958) starring Otto Eduard Hasse and Éva Bartok (1927-1998). The 1958…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen and festival friend Tom Nicholas in front of a poster advertising the American horror film The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973), starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow. Breen…

This is a black and white headshot of the festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978). Breen is shown sitting at a desk looking back at the camera while the screen before him shows a wilderness landscape with a cowboy at its centre. A curl of smoke…

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 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)…