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The 1975 Gala Premiere programme cover is off-white with a line drawing on the front of a cinema with outline figures of people queuing up outside to enter. To the right spotlights throw up star-flecked light towards the right edge of the programme.…

This is a sepia-toned black and white photo of President Seán T O’Kelly being escorted into the Savoy Cinema by the Irish impresario Louis Elliman. This was taken in 1956 during the first edition of the Cork International Film Festival and would have…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified festival guests at the Savoy Cinema, Cork. The small group of five formally dressed delegates greet each other against the backdrop of the cinema foyer, which is decorated with a large floral…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Judy Geeson with Robin O’Sullivan and an unidentified colleague. Blond-haired Geeson, wearing a white lace evening dress and holding a bouquet of flowers, looks at the camera as she leaves the…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Sylvia Syms at a drinks reception at the Piccadilly Hotel in London, organised by the London Friends of the festival. Syms, in a bright knee-length dress and cigarette in hand, is turned towards…

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…

This is a black and white photo of two unidentified glamorous women arriving at the Savoy cinema in Cork. They are wearing knee-length evening dresses, each accessorized with a fur stole and a small handbag. A large crowd gathers around them as far…

This is a black and white photo of the art deco façade of the Cork Savoy cinema on Patrick Street, advertising the 1959 festival. Flags of the participating countries adorn the building in a daytime street scene. A group of boys on the left of the…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests at the festival. They are formally dressed and might be arriving at a screening. The flash of the camera lights up the detail of the light-coloured dress as the two guests linger in the foyer and…

This is a black and white photo of the celebrated Jamaican playwright and film director Trevor Rhone and his colleagues at the Savoy Cinema in Cork. They are walking up the stone steps of the Savoy in the company of a lady identified as Dympna…