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This is a black and white photo of the Savoy Cinema on Patrick Street in Cork, advertising the 1956 festival. Flags adorn the building in a night-time scene and crowds are gathered outside. Posters include signs for World Premiere - tonight at 8pm;…

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…

This is a black and white photo of the film critic Francis Koval with the festival director Dermot Breen and a colleague identified as Dimitri Kazma. Koval, on the left with glass in hand, is smiling directly at the camera while Breen is turned…

This is a black and white photo, taken at Dublin airport, of film festival delegates at the Aer Lingus check-in desks. We recognise some of the delegates from the archive including the film director Terry Gilliam and the actor Linda Hayden, together…

This is a black and white photo of festival guests, taken on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork. The festival director Dermot Breen is holding court while Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse and Tom Nicholas look on. Born in Cork, Pearse Wyse…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Dermot Breen with Tom Nicholas on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork. The two friends stand together and chat in the convivial setting. Nicholas, with a glass in hand, was a…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Dermot Breen and his wife Vida Breen with their colleague Tom Nicholas on the grounds of Ashbourne House in Glounthaune, Cork. They stand together and chat in the convivial setting of the Ashbourne…

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 film producer Greg Smith standing with Tom Nicholas, festival director Dermot Breen, and the actor Lynda Bellingham. Breen and Bellingham are facing the camera smiling, while Nicholas and Smith are in…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen and festival friend Tom Nicholas in front of a poster advertising the American horror film The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973), starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow. Breen…