This is a promotional three-fold leaflet for the 1962 Cork International Film Festival. The leaflet describes the founding of the festival in 1956 and the plans for the seventh edition of the festival. There is a short description of the Festival…
This is a black and white photo of an unidentified delegate standing at a microphone, his head lowered reading from a script. He is dark-haired with wire-framed glasses and wearing a long-line black belted jacket (which might help us date this image…
This is a black and white image of unidentified festival guests standing in a convivial group - one of whom is holding an unidentified trophy. We recognise the film critic John Stapleton on the far right in glasses, and Bill Harpur, from RTÉ, on the…
This small cast bronze trophy is 25cm tall and depicts the organic form of a figure, with its right arm raised to its eye as it looks out through a single-lens binocular. The unsigned statue is inscribed Cork Film Festival 2002 along its spine. We…
This small bronze-coloured trophy is 21.5cm tall and depicts the organic form of a figure looking through the single lens of a camera. The slim award, designed so that it can be hung on a wall, is presented in a wooden box tied with a red ribbon. The…
This is a black and white photo of a festival award marked Cork Film Festival 1979 European Community Award. The award is placed on a small circular table in a dining room where we can just make out some people milling around in the background. One…
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 undated image of a festival trophy. The silver-plated single-column trophy is engraved with the Cork coat of arms on the front. The award is topped with a film reel with film ribbon looped around its core and the film ribbon…
This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director, Otto Preminger being presented an award by the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch (1917-1999). They are both wearing dark suits with a bow-tie, and Preminger is shown, on the…
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Linda Hayden posing with a trophy. Hayden, in a light-coloured jumpsuit, sits on the edge of a small round table looking down at the enamelled glass-trimmed trophy which sits on a wooden base with…