Bille August’s Silent Heart, Mia Hansen-Love’s Eden and Russian ice-hockey docu Red Army saw Spanish distribution deals at a 62nd San Sebastián Festival, which looks set to go down for steady trading announcements, as sales agents seek further visibility and deals on Toronto titles, bullish Spanish movie lineup and the mass presence of Latin American producers, as San Sebastián consolidates as one of the top pan-Latin American film meets of the year. Reflecting that, industry attendance increased from 1,290 last year to 1,370, a 6% rise. Many sales agents and producers at San Sebastián will now reconvene at Ventana Sur.

Among sales agents, Wild Bunch, The Match Factory – with a well-received Phoenix - Films Distribution, Film Factory Ent., Red Bull Media House, MK2, TrustNordisk, Visit Films, Wide Management, LevelK and Jour2Fete all saw deal announcements.

In one of San Sebastián’s biggest industry moves, Denmark and New Yorkbased sales agent LevelK and Spain’s Golem Distribución closed Spanish distribution rights to Bille August’s Silent Heart.

An intimate drama turning on euthanasia, Silent Heart world premiered at San Sebastián, gathering good audience’s reactions. LevelK also sold Heart to Brazil’s California Filmes during the festival, and concluded a deal online with Korea’s Jin Jin. Pre-sales take in Benelux (Wild Bunch), Taiwan (Atom), Hungary (Cirko) and Australia (Madman).

Also at San Sebastián, Abordar Distribution inked Spanish rights with Kinology to Mia Hansen-Love’s Eden, which vies for the Golden Shell in competition, and, out of the fest, also closed with Film Distribution the acquisition of coming-of-age feature Girlhood, Barcelona- ased Abordar’s Juan Carlos de la Hoz reported.

Wild Bunch sold Russian ice hockey docu Red Army, a Zabaltegi player at San Sebastián, to Spain’s Caramel Films, headed by Enrique González-Kuhn.

The Match Factory announced early week a slew of new sales on Phoenix, bar Michael E. Roskam’s The Drop, the most popular of international titles in San Sebastián competition, with the Finecut-sold Haemoo (Sea Fog), per a Spanish critics’ poll.

An ever-building market force in action sports and adventure movie production, Red Bull Media House confirmed a U.S. deal, plus other theatrical distrib pacts –and 250-screen opening for Dana Brown’s On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter.

Spain’s most active sales agent, on Spanish and Latin American titles alike, Film Factory sold Marshland to Jean Labadie’s Le Pacte in France and moved forcefully to acquire Jayro Bustamante’s Ixcanul, co-produced by Edgard Tenembaum, a favorite at San Sebastián’s Films in Progress pix-inpost strand.

TrustNordisk confirmed U.K. (Vertigo) and France (KMBO) deals on yet another San Sebastián Competition contender, Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance.

Jour2Fete sold Franck Ribiere’s directorial deb, Steak Revolution, to Germany’s Tiberius Film.

Lowering of pricing-points for sales to Spain, the entry of new Spanish players, and distrib sector alliances has multiplied deals, as was the aim.

Two examples: Madrid-based arthouse distributor Good Films’ Ivan Barredo closed with Fionnuala Jamison at MK2 on Spanish rights to Naomi Kawase’s Still the Water, a San Sebastián’s Pearls player. Good Films, which aims to release the film by next Spring, will share Spanish rights with Barcelona’s La Aventura. Good will focus on theatrical and non- heatrical while La Aventura will handle VOD and TV rights, Barredo said.