1973 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Dermot Breen, David Hemmings, Al Sherman, Raoul Ploquin, Fergus Linehan, Peter Barry, Sean O'Leary, Bert Haanstra, Bunny Carr, Joan Long, Wolf Mankowitz, Father Cyril Farrell
This is a PDF of the 1973 festival programme. The slim card bound issue has an abstract design on its cover in the form of red, brown and gold elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in dark brown on the white stripe along the right edge of the programme. The 30-page programme, costing 20 pence, was edited by Padraig O Maidin and we know from other similarly designed programmes that the cover was designed by Harry Wallace. Festival notes include a tribute to the Dutch director Bert Haanstra (1916-1997) on page 27. Haanstra made his first feature film Fanfare in 1958, which won first prize in Cork in 1959. A Writers Forum was presented by Bunny Carr on June 13 1973 and included Robert Bolt, Wolf Mankowitz, Father Cyril Farrell, and Joan Long (page 28).
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival
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1974 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, François Truffaut, John Boorman, Norman Cohen, Samy Pavel, Heikki Etelappa, Dermot Breen
This is a PDF of the 1974 festival programme. The slim card-bound issue has an abstract design on its cover in the form of yellow and brown elongated shapes stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. The 20 pence programme was designed by Harry Wallace and edited by Padraig O Maidin. The programme notes include a tribute to François Truffaut (1932-1984) on page 26. His film Four Hundred Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coupe) was shown at Cork Film International, where it was premiered outside of Cannes in 1959.
1975 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Ciaran Carty, Philip Oakes, Madame Govaers, Japan, Louis Marcorelles, Hubert Bals, London Friends of Cork, Liam O Laoghaire
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 designed by Harry Wallace. In the opening notes, the festival director Dermot Breen mentions the support of the London Friends of Cork (page 5). Programme notes include a tribute to the American-born director Richard (Dick) Lester based in the UK. He is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s (Hard Days Night) and his later work on the Superman franchise.
1975 Cork Film International Reception, London
Cork Film Festival, Cork Film International, Martini Terrace, London
This is a black and white photo of Roy Gunson, Margaret Savage, and the vice-chairman of the festival committee, Richard (Dick) Beamish, taken at a reception held at the Martini Terrace, New Zealand House, in London. On the far left the bespectacled Roy Gunson is posing towards the camera with his right hand raised holding a glass. Gunson worked as a dance director and choreographer with the popular The Black and White Minstrel Show which ran on BBC television in the UK from 1958 to 1978. Margaret Savage, wearing a flamboyant patterned dress accessorised with a scarf tied at her neck, stands in the middle of the group. She was a singer who also worked on The Black and White Minstrel Show with Gunson. On the far right, Dick Beamish, wearing his distinctive dark-framed glasses, is smiling directly at the camera. They are attending a reception, held at the Martini Terrace in London, where details of the 20th Cork Film International Festival were announced. The Martini Terrace is an iconic landmark that sits on the top floor of the 18-storey New Zealand House located at the corner of Haymarket and the Pall Mall in London.
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1975 Gala Premiere programme - The Towering Inferno (content)
Cork Film Festival, Cork Film International, Savoy Cinema, Towering Inferno, London Friends of Cork
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 of the programme. It is a soft card-bound issue measuring 21.5cm x 28cm. The bind is stapled and it has 18 unnumbered pages together with a loose-leaf insert of the film details within. The programme was issued for the screening of The Towering Inferno to aid Cork Film International. The film was screened at the Savoy Cinema, Cork on Saturday 1 February 1975. The programme was compiled, printed and presented to Cork Film International by the London Friends of Cork.
1976 Cork Film International programme content
Cork Film Festival, Cork Film International, Satyajit Ray, India, London Friends of Cork, Dr SF Pettit, UCC, Tadg Lehane, 20th Century Fox
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 programme cover was designed by Frank Sanquest. This was celebratory issue of the festival programme for the 21st edition of the festival costing 50 pence. The softbound 40-page programme was edited by Padraig O Maidin. The festival held a retrospective programme saluting 20th Century-FOX and screened some of their films for their CORK SALUTES programme. The programme notes include a retrospective view of the festival by Dr SF Pettit from University College Cork (pages 5-7) and a tribute to the Indian producer Satyajit Ray (page 31). The festival jury in 1976 included Sheamus Smith, Roger Manvell, Ernst Kruger and Conor Sweeny. We note the programme adverts include an acknowledgement to the artist Tadg Lehane, based on Patrick Street in Cork, who was the display artist for the festival since its inception in 1956 (page 28).
1976 Gala Premiere programme - The Man Who Would Be King
Cork Film Festival, Cork Film International, Gala, Sean Connery, London Friends of Cork, Capitol Cinema
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 the premiere screening of The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston-John Foreman) starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Christopher Plummer. The film was screened at the Capitol Cinema on Saturday 20 March 1976.
1977 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Cork Film International, Columbia Pictures, London Friends of Cork, Festival Mass, Joan Byrne, Devendra Kumar, India, J Hunter Todd, John Edwards, Charlotte Kerr-Sokal
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1978 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Patrick Kearney, Fred Williams, Mike Catto, Charles Ford, Harry Wallace
<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The 1979 festival programme is slim with an abstract design on its cover in the form of elongated shapes, in various shades of brown and red, stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in dark brown on the white strip along the right edge of the programme. The back cover is plain white."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":11009,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0,"14":{"1":3,"3":1},"16":10}">This is a PDF of the 1978 festival programme. The programme is slim with an abstract design on its cover in the form of elongated shapes, in various shades of blue and orange, stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. The cover was designed by Harry Wallace. The softbound programme, costing 50 pence, includes notes on the features jury including Patrick Kearney, Fred Williams, Mike Catto and Charles Ford.
1979 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Robin O'Sullivan, Dermot Breen, Nancy Allitt
<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The 1979 festival programme is slim with an abstract design on its cover in the form of elongated shapes, in various shades of brown and red, stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. Text is presented in dark brown on the white strip along the right edge of the programme. The back cover is plain white."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":11009,"3":{"1":0},"11":3,"12":0,"14":{"1":3,"3":1},"16":10}">This is a PDF of the 1979 festival programme. The slim programme has an abstract design on its cover in the form of elongated shapes, in various shades of brown and red, stretching from the top to the bottom of the page. This was the first programme since the inception of the festival which did not have an introduction by Dermot Breen who died in 1978. Robin O'Sullivan stepped in to take over the festival and wrote his first introduction to the festival on pages 4 to 6. A tribute to Dermot Breen, written by Nancy Allitt, is included on pages 7 to 8. Programme notes include a retrospective: Cork - the First Twenty-Three Years (page 9) and a tribute to John Wayne who passed away earlier that year (page 54).