Try Hard

Try Hard Films was founded by BAFTA nominated producer Sorcha Bacon.

We champion character led stories and focus on marginalised voices, which aren’t often seen on screen.

We are looking for authentic, authored and ambitious work, never compromising on artistic quality. We like to work on the margins of documentary and fiction, often blurring the lines between the two.

We support and nurture bold filmmakers, giving voice to the unexpected.

Our films have been BAFTA, BIFA and Grierson nominated played in competition in, and sometimes won, festivals including Cannes Critics Week, Sundance, SXSW, BFI London, Provincetown, Rhode Island, Flickerfest, Sheffield, Galway, Encounters, Open City Docs, Show Me Shorts and more.

We are currently building a slate of feature films.

SORCHA BACON - FOUNDER

Sorcha is a 2021 Screen Daily Screen Star of Tomorrow and BAFTA, BIFA and Grierson nominated producer and founder of Try Hard Films - a company committed to bold, surprising storytelling. Her work spans documentary and fiction.

Her award winning shorts include PRAM SNATCHER (BFI London Film Festival), GOOD THANKS, YOU? (Cannes Critics Week, BFI London Film Festival) WREN BOYS (Sundance, SXSW, Galway), Critics Circle nominated POMPEII (BFI London, BIFA Longlist) and IF YOU KNEW (Sheffield, BFI London). In 2019 she produced Grierson Nominated short film MOTHER directed by Grierson winner Kate Stonehill and IDA nominated Jas Pitt, set in the heart of Brazil’s voguing scene.

She is also in early production on New Yorker backed documentary, I CARBONAI set in Calabria. She’s working on a slate of feature films.

She is an alumni of the BFI Flare Mentorship scheme and in 2019 was selected by Film London as a “Lodestar.” In 2020, Sorcha was selected as part of the BFI NETWORK's inaugural Insight emerging producer programme and the 2022 Locarno Match Me International Producers Lab.