Latido Films

Overview

Latido Films is a Madrid-based international sales agent founded in 2003 by three of Spain's top independent production companies: Tornasol Films, Zebra Producciones, and Continental Producciones. The company sells Spanish-language and European films to distributors worldwide, operating out of offices at Calle de San Bernardo 20 in central Madrid. Latido employs 11 people and is led by Antonio Saura, who took the top post in 2015 after heading European acquisitions and co-productions at TF1 International.

Latido closed over 30 territory deals across its slate at AFM 2024 alone, spanning arthouse dramas, genre thrillers, comedies, and documentaries. The company has expanded beyond traditional sales into remake rights, a growth axis that has generated deals in the US, India, Italy, and Israel. Javier Fesser's Champions (Campeones), one of Latido's signature titles, grossed $23.1 million in Spain, sold to more than 50 territories, and spawned an Indian remake starring Aamir Khan that opened on 1,000-plus prints and entered India's 2025 top 10. An Italian remake is in production with Ascent Film.

For Spanish and Latin American filmmakers seeking international sales representation, Latido is one of the primary targets in the Spanish-language market. The company acquires at Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, San Sebastian, Sundance, and through ongoing relationships with production companies across Spain and Latin America.

Notable Sales and Track Record

Latido's catalog includes some of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films of the past decade. Rodrigo Sorogoyen's The Beasts (As Bestas) swept the 2023 Goya Awards with nine wins including best film and director, won the Cesar for best foreign film, and grossed $7.5 million in Spain plus $2.1 million in France (distributed by Le Pacte). The Platform (La Plataforma) became a global Netflix phenomenon. The Realm (El Reino) scored Goya wins and sold to China, Australia, and the UK.

In 2024 and 2025, Latido built deal momentum across an increasingly diverse slate:

• Re-Creation, a judicial drama from six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father), sold to Syldavia (Spain), Limelight (Australia/New Zealand), Beta Films (Bulgaria), Sky Digi/Legendary Enterprises (Taiwan), Outsider Filmes (Portugal), and Spentzos Films (Greece), with Anuvu taking worldwide airline rights
• They Will Be Dust, Carlos Marques-Marcet's Toronto Platform Prize winner, sold to Japan (M-Pictures), Taiwan (Sky Digi), and Bulgaria
• Homo Sapiens?, a dark comedy anthology from Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat, sold to A Contracorriente Films (Spain), Danaos (Greece), and New Cinema (Israel)
• All the Names of God, an action thriller starring Luis Tosar, sold US all rights to Myriad Pictures
• Aire, the Dominican Republic's Oscar submission, sold to Palace Films (Australia), Smile Ent (South Korea), Pandastorm (Germany), AV Jet (Taiwan), and Beta Film (Bulgaria)
• Saturn Return, Spain's Academy Award submission, sold to HBO Central Europe
• Deaf (Sorda), a Berlinale breakout, sold to Culoar Films (Romania) with Latin America deals in advanced negotiation
• The Awakening (El Despertar), a Colombian supernatural thriller, world premiered at Guadalajara Film Festival in 2026 with territory deals closing across Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe

Latido also closed a 15-title package deal with Brazil-based Encripta for Latin American all rights, covering Aire, The Enchanted, La Mif, Sica, Tobacco Barns, and Chinas.

Remake Rights as a Revenue Stream

Latido has positioned remake rights as a parallel growth axis alongside traditional territorial sales. Under Therapy, a dramatic comedy by Gerardo Herrero, closed Indian remake rights with Alliance Media and Entertainment, following earlier deals in the US and Israel. Champions delivered the company's biggest remake success: the Aamir Khan-led Indian version opened on over 1,000 prints and entered India's 2025 top 10, while an Italian remake is in production with Ascent Film. Homo Sapiens? is generating remake interest in multiple markets based on strong local performance.

This strategy matters for filmmakers because remake rights represent a revenue stream that does not compete with theatrical distribution in existing territories. A filmmaker whose film sells remake rights retains the original film's distribution value while earning additional income from derivative rights.

San Sebastian and the Spanish-Language Market

San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF) is the most important annual festival platform for Spanish-language cinema. The festival's Golden Shell and other prizes generate critical attention that directly supports international sales value. Latido's consistent San Sebastian presence and relationships with the festival's programming and industry teams give it early access to the most important Spanish-language films in the annual cycle.

For Spanish and Latin American filmmakers premiering at San Sebastian, Latido is among the most natural sales representation contacts. The company's cultural fluency and market relationships make it a more effective advocate for Spanish-language cinema in international markets than a generalist European sales agent.

Spain is also a natural first theatrical market for Latin American films. Linguistic proximity and cultural connections support Spanish distribution that would require subtitling in other European territories. Latido's relationships with Spanish distributors including A Contracorriente Films, Golem, Alta Films, and Avalon give it the ability to facilitate domestic Spanish distribution alongside international sales.

What Filmmakers Should Know

Latido is a realistic representation target for Spanish and Latin American filmmakers whose work has festival credentials in arthouse, prestige, or genre categories. The company has deliberately expanded its slate beyond pure arthouse into elevated genre, comedy, and crossover titles. As Latido's leadership has noted publicly, the market has polarized: buyers want either A-level festival titles or high-concept genre films, with universal family dramas as the exception because older viewers still go to theaters.

For filmmakers approaching Latido, the company acquires through:

• Festival premieres at Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, San Sebastian, Sundance, and Rotterdam
• Direct submissions from Spanish and Latin American production companies (Tornasol, La Claqueta, Morena Films, and others have multi-picture relationships)
• Market screenings at AFM, EFM, and the Spanish Screenings at Malaga

Latido does not typically handle films without festival or market visibility. Filmmakers with completed features should approach through their production company or via festival industry screenings rather than cold submissions. The company's contact email is miren@latidofilms.com and phone is +34 915 488 877.

See Also

For how Spanish and Latin American co-production financing connects to international sales, see Distribution Deals Explained. For the San Sebastian International Film Festival's role in the Spanish-language film industry calendar, see the Film Festivals Directory. To model potential international territory revenue for a Spanish-language film, use the Revenue Forecast Calculator. For how remake rights fit into a film's overall revenue structure, see What Does a Distributor Keep?.