Francis Koval with Dimitri Kazma and Dermot Breen

Francis Koval with Dimitri Kazma and Dermot Breen

Cork Film Festival, Francis Koval, Dimitri Kazma, Dermot Breen, London Friends of Cork

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 towards his companion. Kazma is wearing a light-coloured satin dress accessorised with a glass bead necklace. Her dark hair is tied up and she is smiling broadly. The photo, marked with the details of a London-based photographer, was probably taken in London at a reception held by the London Friends of Cork at the Martini Terrace.

The journalist Koval was a frequent guest of the festival. He was a respected film critic who had a positive impact on the public representation of the festival during the 1960s. He attended international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Locarno in Switzerland, and Cork, and his reviews were published in publications from Germany, France, Switzerland, and America. Koval always presented Cork in a most congenial fashion and was instrumental in keeping Cork on the radar of the international press until his death in 1970.

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Owen and Moroney (photographers)

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

Owen and Moroney

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TIFF
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English, eng

1967
London, England
Cork, Ireland

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210 x 163mm