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This is a black and white photo of the English actor Sally Thomsett in conversation with unidentified companions. They appear to be at a drinks reception which, as we know from a similar item in the archive, was also attended by fellow English actors…

This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut and the festival director Dermot Breen at the Harp-sponsored festival club. They are standing close together in conversation. Breen is wearing a festival ribbon marked…

This is a black and white photo of a discussion panel that includes the Irish television presenter Bunny Carr, the screen writer Wolf Mankowitz, Joan Long and two others unidentified. The panel is part of a 1970 symposium for the Cork Film Festival.…

This is a black and white photo of the Cork composer Bernard Geary signing autographs for a crowd of excited children who surround him eagerly, hands outstretched. His head is lowered as he attends to the signing, his distinctive dark hair swept to…

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 an undated black and white photo of the congregation at the festival's annual mass. The pews are full and at the back of the Church, by the stained glass doors, we can just about make out the crowds standing by the open doors of the Church.…

This is a black and white photo of festival director Mick Hannigan with film festival attendees one of whom is identified as James Nesbitt. The photo is marked '1980s' coinciding with Hannigan’s stewardship of the festival. He stands on the right of…

This is a black and white photo of Anita Price from CINE, based in Washington DC, and festival representative Ide Warren. Price, in a tweed jacket and holding a camera, smiles for the camera next to her young companion. The photo, which is stamped by…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Jack Wild posing with a festival attendee identified as 'Mrs. Simon Wade from Toronto, Canada'. Wild, with his distinctive long hair and a festival ribbon pinned to his open-neck shirt, would have…

This is a colour photograph of the Cork Opera House in a night time scene with an inflatable gorilla on its roof. The photo shows the Opera House lit up in neon lights advertising the film festival. The long exposure of the shot lights up the light…