A heavily pregnant criminal and her partner-in-crime head to a remote service station off the A90 for one last job.

BFI Network Presents a TRY HARD & MUMBO JUMBO Film staring Jeane Crystal and Michael Socha
Writer and Director | Theo James Krekis
Producer | Sorcha Bacon and Archie Johnston Stewart
DoP | Molly Manning Walker
Casting Director | Heather Basten
Composer | Will White

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Festivals

66th BFI London Film Festival 2022
POFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022
POFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022
HollyShorts Film Festival 2023
London Short Film Festival 2023
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023
Berlin British Shorts Film Festival 2023
LOCO Film Festival 2023
This is England Film Festival 2023
Bolton Film Festival 2023

Awards

BIFA Longlist 2022
Gold for Best Short Film at 1.4 Awards 2022
Gold for Best Short Film at Kinsale Shark Awards 2023
Silver Award for Best Short Film at YDA Cannes Lions 2023