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This black and white photo shows the festival director Dermot Breen sitting alongside Tom Nicholas. Breen is in full flight, arm outstretched, while Nicholas leans forward, glass in hand, smiling for the camera. Nicholas was a founding member of 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 a formally dressed group of five, laughing and posing for the camera. The delegate at the far left of the photo, in a flowing puff-sleeved dress, is identified at the back of the photo as ‘Ida’. The others include…

This is a black and white photo of guests at a reception for the Cork Film Festival at the Martini Terrace in London. The only guest identified at the back of this undated photo is the singer and dancer Margaret Savage, on the far left, wearing a fur…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen at a promotional event for the film festival. The photo is undated but notes that the event includes the London Friends of Cork including actor David Hemmings, Prudence de…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish actor Cyril Cusack holding court with the archivist Liam O’Leary and others. The small group is at a drinks reception on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork, during the 1970s. The photo,…

These black and white images of a press conference are taken upstairs at the Savoy Cinema, Cork, during the 1970s. The photographs, by the photographer Donal Sheehan, include the festival director Dermot Breen holding forth alongside the journalist…

This is a black and white photo of festival committee member Dick Beamish with guests. The unidentified guests stand together in a huddle and pose for the camera with a bespectacled Beamish at the centre. While the photo is undated we might guess…

This is a black and white photo of English actors Lynda Bellingham, Linda Hayden, and their unidentified colleague, with Dick Beamish and the trade director from Guinness, Bobby Howick. The three women are each holding a long-stemmed red rose while…

This is a black and white photo of festival delegates posing on the tarmac of the airport runway. The convivial group are not identified but we recognise some from the archive. On the right, wearing a dark suit accessorised with a large cross on a…