Try Hard

Founded by BAFTA-nominated producer Sorcha Bacon, Try Hard Films tells bold, character-driven stories, amplifying marginalised voices rarely seen on screen.

We’re drawn to the space where documentary and fiction overlap. We create cultural agitating work that is authentic, authored, and unapologetically bold.

Committed to nurturing daring filmmakers, our films have earned BAFTA, BIFA, and Grierson nominations and featured at festivals like Cannes Critics’ Week, Sundance, SXSW, BFI London, Sheffield Doc/Fest 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 a BAFTA, BIFA, and Grierson-nominated producer.

Her award-winning shorts include Wren Boys (Sundance, SXSW, Galway), Good Thanks, You? (Cannes Critics’ Week, BFI London Film Festival), Pram Snatcher (BFI London Film Festival), and the Critics’ Circle-nominated Pompeii (BFI London, BIFA Longlist). In 2019, she produced the Grierson-nominated Mother, set in Brazil’s voguing scene, directed by Grierson winner Kate Stonehill and IDA-nominated Jas Pitt.

Sorcha is an alum of the BFI Flare Mentorship Scheme, was named a 2019 Film London “Lodestar,” and joined the inaugural BFI NETWORK Insight Emerging Producer Programme in 2020. She’s developing a slate of feature films with partners including Film4, BBC Films and BFI Doc Society.