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This black and white photo shows festival director Dermot Breen with the Irish Ambassador to London, Con Howard, and the film critic Father Burke. Father Burke was a friend of the festival since its inception and he appears in the archive in a photo…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests taken outdoors. The photo is unmarked but we guess that two of the guests are the Monty Python actor Carol Cleveland on the far left, and actor Imogen Hassall on the far right. Hassall came to…

This is a black and white photo of the actor Cyril Cusack with the television presenter Eamon Andrews and the film festival director Dermot Breen. A bearded Cyril Cusack stands on the left, arms folded, in mid-conversation while both Eamon Andrews,…

This is a promotional poster for Murphy’s Irish Stout. Murphy’s Irish Stout was a main sponsor of the Cork Film Festival for many years. The image is of a pint glass filled with Murphy’s Irish Stout - a black dry stout brewed in Cork; the glass is…

This is a signed black and white publicity shot of the English actor Mollie Peters (1939-2017). The head and shoulder image is signed, with purple marker, Mollie Peters. Mollie Peters was the stage name of Vivien Humphrey who achieved cult cinema…

This is a black and white photo of the former festival director, Mick Hannigan, reading from a makeshift podium in front of the Long Valley Bar on Winthrop Street in Cork. To the right, leaning against the wall of the arched lobby, we note the…

The 1976 Gala Premiere programme cover is text-heavy off-white with the partial image of a soldier on the lower left corner – arm raised with spear in hand. The back cover is an advertisement for the advertising agency Downton Pulford Compton.The…

This small bronze-coloured trophy is 21.5cm tall and depicts the organic form of a figure looking through the single lens of a camera. The slim award, designed so that it can be hung on a wall, is presented in a wooden box tied with a red ribbon. The…

This small cast bronze trophy is 25cm tall and depicts the organic form of a figure, with its right arm raised to its eye as it looks out through a single-lens binocular. The unsigned statue is inscribed Cork Film Festival 2002 along its spine. We…

This is an undated black and white photograph of the raising of the Tóstal flag at the Cork City Hall. A large crowd, held back by young men in white slacks and shirts, are gathered in front of the City Hall to watch the Lord Mayor and colleagues…