Cork Film Festival was non-competitive
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1984 Highlights
- Festival is launched by the Minister of State at the Department
of Foreign Affaires, Mr Jim O'Keeffe
- Opening Gala: (Ireland) Pigs, directed by Cathal Black
and stars Joan Harpur and Maurice O'Donoghue
- Festival is the longest festival to date as it runs for
nine days and screens 52 feature films and 12 shorts. 27
countries are represented in the festival
- Robin O'Sullivan states that "the setting up of a new
organisation is essential development if the festival is
to survive". A deadline of 2 months is set for a final decision
of the future of the Cork Festival of Film
- The festival marks the centenary of the birth of the great
filmmaker, Robert Flaherty by screening his film, "Man of
Aran"
- Closing Gala: (Ireland)World Premiere of Anne Devlin,
directed by Pat Murphy
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