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This is a black and white photo of the audience for a screening during the festival. The back of the photo identifies only Justin Keating who we see seated on the far right in the front row, looking down laughing. We recognise the former Lord Mayor,…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1976, of the actor David Hemmings speaking at an award presentation which was organised by George McSweeney (who might be sitting at the piano). The Lord Mayor Seán French, wearing his chain of office, is seated…

This is a black and white photo of the ‘Original Tóstal Council’ standing on the steps of the City Hall in Cork. The photo is undated but we can suggest the mid-fifties when Tóstal was inaugurated in Cork.

The Cork Film Festival emerged from An…

This is an undated black and white photo of the festival committee. The small group of six men pose for the camera smiling, on and around a staircase. While the men are unidentified we recognise Robin O’Sullivan and Gus Healy, second left on the…

This is a black and white photo of festival delegates on a stage, lined up and arms linked. The convivial group, all dressed in evening wear, stretch out across the expanse of the stage and appear to be singing – we might hazard a guess that they are…

The original 1967 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 80 numbered pages. The pdf version includes profiles and images of Jury president Jan Olof Olsson (Sweden), Vicomte Georges de la…

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 undated photo of Gus Healy greeting an unidentified guest in a crowded room. The formally dressed pair, hands clasped in a handshake, seem pleased to meet each other. We can make out the festival committee member Dick…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest and the politician, and former Lord Mayor of Cork, Gus Healy. Gus Healy, seated on the far left, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician…

This is a black and white photo of the festival committee delegation arriving at the Savoy in 1974, during the mayoralty of Pearse Wyse. The photo is taken from the top of the steps in the marble foyer of the Savoy and looks down at the crowd milling…