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This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, posing with the Irish film producer Louis Elliman and a representative from Rank Organisation. The photo has a note marked on the front in blue ink: First Cork International Film…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish filmmaker Colm Ó Laoghaire accepting an award from Arthur Watkins, president of the International Federation of Film Producers Association. The award was for the best film in the educational section for…

This is a black and white photo of the American actor Katherine Hepburn presenting a festival tribute award to the American director-producer Stanley Kramer. The uncredited photo was taken in Hollywood, USA, and was found among the archive papers. We…

This black and white image shows the festival director Dermot Breen, on the far right, standing with three unidentified festival guests. All are in formal wear and the guest on the far left holds aloft a St Finbarr award while smiling for the camera.

This black and white image shows two unidentified festival guests standing together smiling for the camera. Between them they are holding a St Finbarr statuette. We recognise the trellis in the background from other archive images which suggests that…

This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor Seán French, wearing his chain of office, presenting the St Finbarr statuette to an unidentified delegate. The photo is undated but we can put it at 1976 or 1977 during the mayoralty of French. While…

This is a black and white photo of the St Finbarr statuette that was designed by the Cork-born sculptor Seamus Murphy. The award itself is 31cm high including the base. The inscription across the base reads Cork International Film Festival Trophy by…

This is a black and white photo of guests at a reception for the festival at the Martini Terrace in London. The only guest identified at the back of this undated photo is John Stapleton. The three guests are in a huddle and oblivious to the camera.…

This is a black and white photo of guests at a reception for the Cork Film Festival at the Martini Terrace in London. The only guest identified at the back of this undated photo is the singer and dancer Margaret Savage, on the far left, wearing a fur…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Liz Fraser, with an unidentified companion at a drinks reception for the festival in London. Fraser, wearing a light-coloured evening coat with fur-trimmed lapels, smiles broadly at the camera…