Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlin Silver Bear Winner ‘The Blue Trail’ Becomes Brazil’s Biggest National Arthouse Release of the Year, Hopes for Oscar Recognition, Closes Canada (Exclusive)

Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail” has had quite a stellar run: the winner of the Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, the film continued to rack up awards in its festival journey well into the fall season as it arrives in Toronto this week.

The film also has much to celebrate domestically, having just become the biggest national arthouse release of the year in Brazil with 57,000 admissions on the first weekend and having just hit a landmark 100,000 this week as it expands nationwide from 71 to 89 cities.

Lucky Number handles sales on “The Blue Trail,” which has sold to 66 territories so far. The film arrives in Toronto having just landed Canadian distribution by Films We Like. The president of the distribution label, Ron Mann, told Variety they are “proud to bring this award-winning film to Canadian audiences,” highlighting the film as a “powerful protest against ageism.”

“The…