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This black and white photo shows a group of men standing together posing for the camera. We recognise the filmmaker John Boorman standing at the far left in a cheque jacket. He stands alongside the Irish director Norman Cohen, in a dark jacket and…

This black and white photo shows four men seated together for a festival press briefing. A large banner for Cork Film International acts as a backdrop. The back of the photo identifies the actor and filmmaker John Boorman, the former film censor…

This black and white photo shows a young audience listening to a speaker out of our vision. The back of the photo notes the name ‘Ida McSweeny’ who might have organised or presented the workshop. A provisional date of ‘1970s’ is also attributed to…

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)…

These black and white photos show the then Fianna Fáil minister Dr Patrick Hillery with Tony Halpin and Mrs Halpin, Dermot Breen and Gus Healy. The small group, pressed up against the dark curtains behind them, chat and laugh as they introduce…

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 black and white photo shows an audience listening to an unidentified speaker at the Pavilion Cinema in Cork as part of the festival workshop programme. We can see the back of the audience facing the stage with its empty white screen. The…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish in conversation with an unidentified colleague. She is dressed in a light-coloured jacket accessorised with a black handbag and sunglasses holding back her blond hair. She is…

This is a black and white photo of two visitors to the festival, identified as Jerry and Mary Rearden in a photo dated 1980. Dressed formally they both smile broadly for the camera whose light catches the sheen of their style.

This is a black and white photo of film festival committee member Dan Donovan standing in front of a microphone alongside a festival delegate identified as ‘Thelma’ at the rear of the photo. Standing on the far left, in a striped shirt, is the actor…