The 2002 festival programme cover is a green-themed montage of film stills and festival information. The montage depicts twelve film stills from films being shown that year at the festival; they include Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan, 2002), A Man…
This is a black and white postcard originating from the Danish production company A/S Nordisk Film Junior. It is dated December 1958 and depicts the St Finbarr bronze statuette. The base of the statuette in this image is engraved Féile Scannán…
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Sir Alec Guinness standing with the festival director Dermot Breen. They are outdoors, possibly on a boat, standing side-by-side wearing heavy coats. Both are looking directly at the camera;…
This is a black and white photo of the film producter Vasgen Badal and Norma Crosbie greeting each other. Both are in formal wear and Badal looks on, vaguely distracted, while Norma Crosbie, dressed in a white lace dress, leans in to kiss him. The…
This is a black and white group photo of delegates at the 1957 Cork Film Festival. The formally dressed group are mostly standing facing the camera. The festival director Dermot Breen is crouched down on his haunches in the front of the group along…
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams with the festival director Dermot Breen and his wife Vida. The three are in mid-conversation with both Vida and Dermot looking at Dawn Addams who is caught in the moment looking up to…
This is a black and white photo of the the English actor Dawn Addams at the telephone exchange. Addams, in a light-coloured day dress, is wearing a headset and is shown connecting a call. She is seated next to two telephone operators, also wearing…
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…
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 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…