Building on bullish business between Berlin’s European Film Market and the eve of this week’s Málaga Festival Spanish Screenings, Madrid-based Latido Films has unveiled a slew of several dozen deals, led by sales in major European territories of Eva Libertad’s Berlin smash “Deaf” (“Sorda”) and a U.S. pick-up on Bartosz M. Kowalski’s horror film “Night Silence.”

“Deaf’s” release in France will be handled by Paris-based Condor Distribution. Piffl Medien bought the film’s rights for Germany & Austria, while Lucky Red inked Italian rights. The U.K. & Ireland rights were acquired by Curzon, and CineArt took Benelux.

Further “Deaf” buyers include Agora in Switzerland, Outsider in Portugal, Feelgood Entertainment in Greece, Lev Cinemas in Israel and the Association of Czech Film Clubs for Czech Republic and Slovakia. 

The film has also been acquired in China by Wise Media, Australia (Madman), Japan (New Select) and Indonesia (Falcon). 

The feature expansion on Eva Libertad’s 2023 Spanish Academy Goya Award-nominated short of the same title, “Deaf” tells the story of Angela, a pregnant deaf woman, and Hector, her hearing partner. The pregnancy brings to the surface Angela’s fears about motherhood and how she will be able to communicate with her daughter. 

“Deaf” debuted at February’s Berlinale, generating strong buzz and nabbing two prizes, including the Audience Award, the only official prize at the Panorama sidebar.

One of Spain’s leading sales houses, Latido Films has also received offers for “Deaf” in Mexico, Poland and Colombia and for airline global rights.

In further deals, Florida-based Uncork’d Entertainment bought U.S. rights to Bartosz M. Kowalski’s horror film “Night Silence,” which follows a dying man who moves into a nursing home, played by late Polish actor Maciej Damięcki.

Latido has also clinched the sale of the Lorena Films-produced “8,” the new feature of “Sex and Lucía” director Julio Medem, to Imovision for Latin America and Palace Film for Australia. 

Also the director of films such as “Earth,” “Lovers of the Arctic Circle” and “The Red Squirrel,” Medem boasts one of Spain’s most distinctive cinematic voices. “8” marks his ambitious and formally daring return to the spotlight, the film spanning 90 years of Spanish history.    

”Berlín was good for us and the main takeaway is that the market is really fluid, changing continuously and nothing is permanent: our advantage is precisely that we handle great movies and have diversified our content and finally find the right buyer for the right film,” said Latido Films CEO Antonio Saura.

Also, rights to “Rains Over Babel” (“Llueve sobre Babel”), a magical realist fable which world premiered at Sundance, have been taken by Falcon for Indonesia and Maywin in Scandinavia. Pic marks the debut feature of Colombian filmmaker Gala del Sol, hailed by Variety as a “fabulous off-kilter voice.”

Knitting a portrait of artistic virtuosity and personal tragedy, Goya Award winning doc-feature “The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés,” the first feature as a director of Antón Álvarez, better known as singer-songwriter C. Tangana, has been bought by Bodega Films in France, Lev in Israel and Palace in Australia. 

Marina Seresesky’s Paco León-starred “Babies Don’t Come with Instructions,” a redo of Eugenio Derbez’s megahit “Instructions Not Included,” has been taken by Weisner for Puerto Rico & Costa Rica, Prorom in Eastern Europe and Palace (Australia).

One of Australia’s most established indie distributors, Palace has also signed with Latido for Carolina África’s comedy “Family Affairs,” toplined by renowned Spanish actress Carmen Machi, Barbara Lennie and Victoria Luengo. 

Another Spanish comedy, Martín Cuervo’s dysfunctional family story “Who Is Who,” with Elena Irureta (“Patria”), Kira Miró (“Everybody Does It”) and Salva Reina (“The 47”), will travel to Eastern Europe via Prorom.

Latido has also inked two more titles with Indonesia’s Falcon: “Saturn Return,” Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez’s 2024 Malaga Fest-winning drama about the Spanish indie rock band Los Planetas, Spain’s Academy Award submission and a previous pick-up by HBO Central Europe; and Álex Montoya’s “La Casa,” an adaptation from the Eisner-winning graphic novel by Spanish comic book artist Paco Roca (“Wrinkles,” “The Treasure of the Black Swan”). 

“Despite the difficult times for indie distribution, we had a particularly active and successful Berlin and pre-Malaga momentum, which ultimately wasn’t a surprise given the quality of the lineup we’re managing,” added Juan Torres, Latido head of international sales.

John Hopewell contributed to this article.