An ethics-approved baseline study based on Intinn, CIFF’s internationally renowned film and mental wellbeing programme for young people, has been published.
Entitled ‘Adolescents’ Mental Well-Being, Resilience, and Attitudes Towards Help-Seeking During COVID-19: a Cross-Sectional Study’, the study is authored by John Goodwin, Andrew Hawkins, Corina Naughton, Aine O’Donovan, Alicia Connolly & Emma J. Hurley of the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, and Laura Behan, University of Southampton.
This study concludes that there is a need for schools to deliver mental health and resilience focussed interventions, addressing the needs of their students and engaging difficult to reach groups, such as teenage boys.
Meaning ‘mind’ or ‘way of thinking’, Intinn is Cork International Film Festival’s free film and mental health programme offering Transition Year students the opportunity to explore mental health, personal well-being and strategies of resilience through the popular and accessible medium of film, stimulating meaningful conversations through film and providing strategies for resilience.
Intinn was devised in 2019 and developed to bring the creative, healthcare and education sectors together to provide a safe and accessible platform to explore mental health issues and bridge the education gap with mental health and wellbeing through film. The aim is to assist young people to build greater resilience and provide resources to teachers, particularly in response to the increased needs resulting from the pandemic, and to remove the stigma associated with mental health issues.
Intinn is unique in Ireland and delivers a programme of meaningful impact, in person and online, for free. Developed in collaboration with University College Cork, Intinn has been delivered to over 8,000 young people since its pilot in 2019 and nominated for multiple Business to Arts Awards annually since 2021.
The current programme includes two short films, each with Q&As and workshops, available for free both in-person in Cork and online direct to TY classrooms in secondary schools nationwide.
