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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 back cover is an advertisement for the advertising agency Downton Pulford Compton.The…

This is a black and white photo of the former festival director, Mick Hannigan, reading from a makeshift podium in front of the Long Valley Bar on Winthrop Street in Cork. To the right, leaning against the wall of the arched lobby, we note the…

This is a signed black and white publicity shot of the English actor Mollie Peters (1939-2017). The head and shoulder image is signed, with purple marker, Mollie Peters. Mollie Peters was the stage name of Vivien Humphrey who achieved cult cinema…

This is a promotional poster for Murphy’s Irish Stout. Murphy’s Irish Stout was a main sponsor of the Cork Film Festival for many years. The image is of a pint glass filled with Murphy’s Irish Stout - a black dry stout brewed in Cork; the glass is…

This is a black and white photo of the actor Cyril Cusack with the television presenter Eamon Andrews and the film festival director Dermot Breen. A bearded Cyril Cusack stands on the left, arms folded, in mid-conversation while both Eamon Andrews,…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests taken outdoors. The photo is unmarked but we guess that two of the guests are the Monty Python actor Carol Cleveland on the far left, and actor Imogen Hassall on the far right. Hassall came to…

This black and white photo shows festival director Dermot Breen with the Irish Ambassador to London, Con Howard, and the film critic Father Burke. Father Burke was a friend of the festival since its inception and he appears in the archive in a photo…

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…

The image on the 2005 festival programme cover is by the artist Patrick Morrison, who was an LA-based Cork-born artist (1945-2013). It is a detail from his painting Mambo Negro which is in the collection of the actor Peter Weller. (The full painting…

The front cover of the 2003 festival programme is text-heavy with a heart at its centre. The red heart is outlined with a narrow strip of images from the world of cinema. The images include actors and cartoon images in various bright-hued colours.…