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The 1994 festival programme cover is a cartoon-like representation of a film scene, centred around a reconstructed version of the Shandon Bells & Tower of St Anne's Church in Shandon, Cork. The sky is burnt-orange and the ground is chequered with…

The front cover of the 1993 festival programme depicts a stylised graphic geographical representation of Cork City, and its environs, extending to County Cork and demarcated by shoreline and coastline inlets. The map represents Cork and environs in…

This is a black and white photo of a group dressed in formal wear. They are all standing and smiling towards the camera. The group of four women, in three-quarter length frocks, and three men, all in dark suits, include the Yugoslav-born Italian…

This is a black and white photo of two glamorous women identified as 'Italians' on the back of the photo dated 1956. The actors, probably Lea Massari and Fiorella Mari, are wearing knee-length evening dresses accessorised with a fur stole and small…

A black and white photo of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce standing on a carpeted staircase wearing a large cape around her shoulders. She is smiling directly at the camera and posing with her white-gloved hand held up to her chin.

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Tony Wright pinning a corsage on the dress of a companion - identified at the back of the photo as 'Kathleen'. This might be the Irish actor Dublin-born Kathleen Ryan (1922-1985) who starred in the…

This is a black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina, seated and smiling broadly up at the camera. Koscina is wearing a light-coloured full skirted three-quarter length off-the-shoulder dress accessorised with opera-length…

This is a black and white group photo of the Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, standing with Dermot Breen, Cosgrave, and Rank Stars listed on the back of the photo as Josephine Griffin, Peter Finch and Maureen Swanson. The group is dressed formally with…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1956, of the English actors June Thorburn (1931-1967) and Josephine Griffin (1928-2005) sitting with the festival director Dermot Breen (1924-1978). Breen, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is seated in the centre…

This is a black and white photo of the English film actor Anna Neagle (otherwise known as Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox) (1904-1986) in conversation with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Patrick McGrath. Dressed in a dark suit which is accessorised with a fur…