PuzzleMind: is a surreal exploration of the question: Is happiness a destination? Filmed entirely on one roll of Super 8, it challenges the misconception that success equals happiness.

The story follows a frustrated painter, anxiously completing her canvas. In her mind, she isn’t just painting—she’s solving a puzzle, each piece representing pressure, fear of failure, and the need for validation. The framed canvas serves as a metaphor for life itself, emphasizing that fulfillment isn't just in reaching goals but in the creative, evolving process.

As the painter seeks completion, she realizes that happiness isn’t found in the final product but in the act of creating itself. Only when she embraces the journey, rather than the destination, does she find true fulfillment/ happiness. PuzzleMind challenges the notion that success defines happiness and instead reveals that joy exists in the present—woven into both the struggles and triumphs of life

CREDITS:
Director: Asmae el Ouariachi @asmae.el.ouariachi

DOP: Scarlett Gardner @scarlettgardner_
Producer: Olive Walton @olivwalton
First AD: Nadezhda Drobinina
Script supervisor: Aaron Blasco
Set design: Emily Tyrer @emilyjty
Cast: Cecile Sinclair @cecilesinclair
John Gilbert @johnghoxton
Theo Maddix @theo.maddix
Ruqaiyyah Patel @ruqaiyyahboo
Jaiden Wafwa @jaidenwafwa
Stylist: Emmanouela Megkistou @emmanouelamegkistoe
Make up: Tori Amura @tori_amura
Gaffer: Jorge Higgins @jorge_higgins
Sparks: Joe Morgan Hunt @joemorganhunt
Finley Grover @finley_Grover
Freddie Alexander Morris @fr___o
Cam Op: Max Bent Marshall @maxbmfilm
Lighting equipment: SHL London @SHL.london
Director Assistant: Aisha Ahamed @aishxahamed
Arts assistants: Jas Banks @_jasbanks
Chloe Littlewood @Chloe.littlewood
Siena Tone: @sienatone.art_design
Editor: Georgie Daley: @georgiedaley
Colorgrade: Scarlett Gardner @scarlettgardner_
Composer: Sarah Spencer @sarahspncr
Sound design: Chris Kinsey @chinseysound
Assistant: Mara Sacof @marasacof
Wall Paintings: Mars Leon @mar.sleon
Location: Colour and Sense @colourandsense