2025 competition
We marked 11 amazing years of young people using their creativity to share messages of positive wellbeing with our 2025 competition. St Finian’s College in County Westmeath were the winners in the secondary schools’ short film category for their Dance into the Light entry. Ardscoil La Salle in Dublin 5 were runners-up for The Reincarnation of Hope or Hope Dies Last.
In the short film category, that includes Youthreach and FET-specific learners, Youthreach Ballinrobe in County Mayo were crowned winners for their Saving Sadie entry. Two schools were decided as joint runners-up. Me, submitted by Banagher Further Education and Training Centre in County Offaly, and HUH - Head Up High from Enniscorthy Youthreach in County Wexford took the short film runners-up places.
The winners in the TikTok category were announced as Our Lady’s Bower in County Westmeath for Happiness is the most important thing, while Portlaoise Youthreach in County Laois were runners-up for their Men Matter entry.
First-place winners in each category won a €1,000 cash prize for their school or education centre, while runners-up received €500. The winning short films were featured on Screen Ireland’s Short Film Player, adding to its existing curated selection of new, emerging and established Irish talent across short filmmaking and providing an additional platform for sparking important conversations about mental health.
You can see all the winners and shortlisted entries below.
2023/24 competition
We celebrated 10 incredible years of Frame of Mind with a short film and TikTok competition for 2023/24, in partnership with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
St Finian’s College in County Westmeath entered the film Dance into the Light, and were crowned winners in the secondary schools’ short film category. Runners up were Ardscoil La Salle in Dublin 5 for their submission The Reincarnation of Hope or Hope Dies Last.
Youthreach Ballinrobe in County Mayo were the winners in the short film category that includes Youthreach and Further Education and Training-specific learners, for their Saving Sadie entry. Joint runners-up included Me by Banagher Further Education and Training Centre in County Offaly and HUH - Head Up High from Enniscorthy Youthreach Spring Valley in County Wexford.
Our Lady’s Bower in County Westmeath were awarded winners in the TikTok category for Happiness is the most important thing, while Men Matter was that category’s runners-up, having been submitted by Portlaoise Youthreach in County Laois.
You can see all the winners and shortlisted entries below.
2022/23 competition
Winners of our 2022/23 Frame of Mind short film competition were announced at an awards ceremony in March 2023. This year, Frame of Mind was a photography competition, with those taking part asked to submit a photograph that represented a meaningful moment in the students’ lives and shared a message of positive wellbeing. My Grandfather and I by Daniel O’Sullivan from Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, County Galway was awarded first place. Daneil said that “In this picture, I am talking to my grandfather. We do not converse regularly, but I find the times that we do are insightful, giving me a new perspective of the world and my place in it.” The two runners-up included Promise of Renewal by Rachel Davis of Our Lady's School, Templeogue Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W and Rocking Out by Alix Brady of Collinstown Park Community College, Neilstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
2020/21 competition
Winners of our 2020/21 Frame of Mind short film competition were announced at an awards ceremony in February 2021.
In our first ever Secondary School TikTok category, John the Baptist Community School's Let's Talk about Mental Health took the top prize with Salesian Secondary School's Tips to Get Through Lockdown coming in as the runner-up. First place in the Secondary School Short Film category was St Louis Secondary School for Hidden Struggles, while the runner-up prize was secured by John the Baptist Community School with Mind Your Mind. Meanwhile, the top prize in the General category went to the Lynch family for their film The Run, with Rachel Gregan awarded runner-up for Positive Mental Health.
You can see all the shortlisted entries here, or watch the awards ceremony below.
2019/20 winners
20 entries were shortlisted in our two categories, Secondary School and General, for the 2019/20 outing of our short film competition. Leading names in Ireland's film and television industry, including award-winning Irish actress, Jordanne Jones and the RTÉ Guide Film Editor, Michael Doherty, joined filmmakers at our awards ceremony in January 2020. On the night, Fergus Keane took home first place in the General category with his film 'Stereo Self-Talk', while Niamh O’Connor’s 'Two-Faced' was named as runner-up. In the Secondary School category, Loreto College Crumlin scooped the top prize with 'Rise Up', and Templeogue College came in as runners-up with 'With You in a Heartbeat'.
2018 winners
Over 70 entries were submitted to the competition in 2018, which had two categories of Secondary School and General. 'What I Do When I Feel Blue' from St Patrick's College in Cork took first place, while 'You Are Not Your Thoughts' from Mountrath Community College was our runner-up in the Secondary School category. In the General category, Seamus T. Ó'Meallaigh from Dublin won first place with 'Gimme a Shout' and 'Thief' from Joseph Reid came in second place.
2017 winners
We gave awards in three categories in 2017. Holy Family National School from Louisburgh, Mayo won in the Primary School category for 'Don't Give Up, Speak Up'. 'Let Yourself Shine' from Crosscare Clondalkin Youth Service won the Secondary School category, with runners-up 'Behind Closed Doors' from Kildare Town Community School and 'Mind Yourself, Mind Each Other' from Christian Brother's School Carlow. Ignas Laugalis took top place in the General category with 'The Run', while Natasha Mudi, Marcin Koscielny and Pete Paberzs's 'I Am a Lighthouse' was its runner-up.
2016 winner
Manor House School won with 'Together We Can' in 2016.
