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.

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

From there, we partnered with Hello Puzzlers Podcast for a creative social media distribution with four additional puzzler stories.