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DeafBlind directed by Ewan Bailey has been selected (one of 70 films from 5000) for screening at Slamdance Festival in Utah (January).

Starring Maxine Peake (BAFTA nominee) and James Young (Scottish BAFTA Winner), a deaf and blind woman feels Christ’s presence in her home despite her deep depression. The trailer can be seen here.

Slamdance is a major independent festival that runs concurrently with Sundance and is included on the Academy qualifying list. Slamdance has become a year-round organisation fostering the development of unique and innovative filmmakers. The organisation now consists of the Film Festival, Screenplay and Teleplay Competition and Slamdance Studios.

The festival takes place every January in the breathtakingly stunning, snow-capped mountains of Park City, Utah at the exact same time as the Sundance Film Festival, to provide a more authentic representation of independent filmmaking. Up-and-coming writers, directors and producers, alongside seasoned veterans and film lovers, converge for the weeklong celebration of independent cinema.

Overview

Trained at Central, Ewan Bailey is a leading actor, writer and voice artist.

Recent television credits include Little Crackers for Sky 1, guest lead in Silent Witness, series regular in Honest alongside Amanda Redman and series regular in Funland.

Ewan can also be seen in leading feature film including Bloodthirst, The Jackal, Judge Dredd, The Road to Guantanamo.

Ewan is also an extremely skilled voiceover artist, working across innumerable productions including Doctor Who Christmas Special, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Jon Ravens Sketch Show and Inspector Steine all for BBC Radio. He is also the voice of the Saturday Review for Radio 4.

Ewan founded Rubbaball, a small scale comedy theatre company.

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Based in the heart of London's West End, Sainou represents a select list of actors including International industry award winners, household names and some of the finest, young British talent working in Film, Television, Theatre and Radio.

At Sainou we develop and nurture careers. Everyone is jointly represented by David Marsden and Paul Martin and we work as a close team with Junior Agent Lucy O'Meara.