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This is a black and white photo, dated 1956, of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina surrounded by local fans as far as the eye can see. She is wearing a Glen-check jacket with a festival pin on the left lapel. She appears to be signing her…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German actor Winnie Markus taken with a group of men identified as 'dockers' at the back of the photo. Cork had a rich history of dockers working at the Port of Cork, unloading ships berthed at the…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen flanked by the Italian actors Sylva Koscina and Luisa Della Noce. All three, smiling at the camera, are dressed in evening wear and Breen has his arms around the waist of the two…

This is a black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina, seated and holding up a stiletto high-heeled black shoe. The photo, taken in 1956, notes at the back that this is the first pointed high-heeled shoe in Cork. …

A black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina fixing her hair while looking into a wall-sized mirror. She is wearing a full skirted three-quarter length off-the-shoulder dress (described as the 'famous dress' on another…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce at the Woollen Mills. She is in conversation with a man, dressed in a light coloured waist-coat, who is helping drape a large swath of material around her right…

This is a black and white group photo of a Rank Organisation party which includes a large group of men and women dressed in formal attire. The Rank Organisation was a British film company whose contracted players included the English actor Tony…

This is a black and white photo of two unidentified glamorous women arriving at the Savoy cinema in Cork. They are wearing knee-length evening dresses, each accessorized with a fur stole and a small handbag. A large crowd gathers around them as far…

The front cover of the 2004 festival programme is text-heavy with an image by the experimental artist Malcolm Le Grice, who exhibited at the Triskel Art Centre in Cork during the 2004 Festival. Le Grice is interested in experimental images in the…

The image on the 2008 festival programme cover is vivid with black silhouettes of three birds amidst a floral-like scene of foliage. The foliage is made up of film reel strips in various colours of green interspaced with brighter pinks and purples.…