Frame of Mind

11 years of creative awareness-raising

Frame of Mind 2025 is a short film competition that aims to raise awareness of positive mental health, normalise conversations around mental health and reduce stigma linked with mental health difficulties in schools and communities.

We marked 11 incredible years of young people using their creativity to share messages of positive wellbeing by inviting students in secondary schools, special education secondary schools, and Further Education Training (FET) centres (including Youthreach) from across Ireland to take part.

Our Frame of Mind 2025 competition is now closed. We celebrated our winners, runners-up and shortlisted entries at a special award ceremony and screening. Prizes awarded included €1,000 for the winner of each category and €500 for the runner-up in each category.

2025 competition

We can face many different challenges in life. Whatever these may be, practising gratitude is something that can have a positive effect on our mental health. Regularly acknowledging things we are thankful for can help lead to improved emotional wellbeing.

This year, we asked students to create short films that convey a positive mental health message focused on the theme of gratitude, using short film to express the things they are grateful for and explore the things that positively influence their wellbeing.

Entries were marked on

• how closely they follow the brief
• their artistic merit (such as the story, script-writing, acting and so on)
• technical merit (production, editing, music and so on)
• the overall experience (including creativity, entertainment, impact, and enjoyment).

Thank you to all that took part in Frame of Mind 2025.

Awards

Entries were judged by our panel that includes Michael Doherty, Movie Editor from the RTÉ Guide; Tom Maher, Director of Services at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS); Eibh Collins, Shorts Programmer for the Galway Film Fleadh and Film and TV Manager at the National Talent Academies; and actor and filmmaker John Connors.