This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified colleague. They are turned towards each other in conversation, while the light of the camera catches the warm smile of the woman. The photo is marked ‘London,…
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Liz Fraser, with an unidentified companion at a drinks reception for the festival in London. Fraser, wearing a light-coloured evening coat with fur-trimmed lapels, smiles broadly at the camera…
This is a PDF of the 1975 festival programme. The slim card-bound programme has an abstract design on its cover in various shades of brown elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. The 35-page, 20 pence, programme was…
This is a PDF of the 1975 Gala Premiere programme. The cover is off-white with a line drawing depicting a cinema with outline figures of people queuing up outside to enter. To the right are spotlights throwing up star-flecked light to the right edge…
The 1976 festival programme cover is predominantly green-coloured with the image of a globe wrapped in a strip of film whose tip settles on the city of Cork. The strip of film spells out the word ‘Film’ across the lower half of the page. 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 softbound programme was produced and designed by the London Friends of Cork to celebrate…
This is a PDF of the 1977 festival programme for the 22nd edition of the festival. The slim 44-page card bound issue has an abstract design on its cover, designed by Harry Wallace. There is an acknowledgement to the artist Tadg Lehane for his work as…
The original 1980 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 82 numbered pages. The pdf version includes profiles of festival jury members Michael O’Herlihy (Ireland), Carmen Dillon (UK), Dagmar…
This is a black and white photo of the festival director, Dermot Breen, with the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, and Tom Nicholas (centre) from the London Friends of Cork. They are attending a reception at the Martini…
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…