Puzzle People: A short Film Series
Puzzle People became a a short film series built around one simple reminder: go do a puzzle.
Each story reflects a different experience and shows that puzzling is about more than completing an image. It helps us slow down, support mental health, step away from our screens, and find community.
The project kicked off with Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles, acquired & distributed by Switchboard Magazine.
Highlights include:
Film Festival Run at over 25 festivals
Awards
Hot Springs Audience Award
Aspen Shorts Jury Award
Berkshire International FF, ‘The Next Great Filmmaker’ Award
Telly Award - Silver Winner
1.4 Awards, Finalist
Project Unlonely, Jury Award
Vimeo Staff Pick
Licensing fees to play at multiple events:
REFRAME at Vimeo
Video Consortium Event
41 North Film Festival at Michigan Tech
And finally we’re happy to share with anyone who loves Adele & wants an update, since appearing in our film she’s received brand sponsorships, won the Streamer Award’s ‘Hidden Gem Award’, and is currently a Twitch Ambassador.
From there, we partnered with Hello Puzzlers Podcast for a creative social media distribution with four additional puzzler stories.
Highlights from our Puzzle People series include:
Fiscal Sponsorship through Film Independent
Creative Distribution Partnership with ‘Hello, Puzzlers!’ Podcast
Multiple stories within the Puzzling Community
3 for social
1 short film for YouTube
Over 15,000 views
