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Gabriel Mascaro

Gabriel Mascaro

Director, writer, actor and cinematographer · Born January 1, 1983 (43) · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Venice award winner · 3 Berlinale awards · Sundance award nominee

Gabriel Mascaro (1983) is a Brazilian director and screenwriter based in Recife, Brazil, best known for his films Neon Bull (Venice, 2015), Divine Love (Sundance, 2019) and August Winds (Locarno, 2014). His films have garnered over 50 international awards and Neon Bull was highlighted in the New York Times Top 10 Best Films of 2016. In the same year, Mascaro had a retrospective at the Lincoln Center in New York.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1983 (43)
From
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Works as
Director, writer, actor and cinematographer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 16% in 30 days

What are Gabriel Mascaro's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Society
26%
Power
19%
Survival
18%
Bonds
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
4
Tense
2
Melancholic
2
Bittersweet
2
Hopeful
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gabriel Mascaro's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gabriel Mascaro's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Blue Trail(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Cinetracts '20 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Divine Love(2019)

    Director · Screenplay · as Postman

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Making of Boi Neon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Neon Bull(2015)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Seven Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer

  • August Winds(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Screenplay · as Pesquisador

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Não é Sobre Sapatos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Editor

  • Housemaids(2012)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Ebb and Flow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • The Adventures of Paulo Bruscky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Art Direction · Cinematographer · Writer · as Himself (voice)

  • Defiant Brasília (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Producer

  • High-Rise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Beetle KFZ-1348 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Gaiola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Contratempo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Sound

  • Centro da Terra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Executive Producer · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles, 16 of them dated from 2004 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Blue Trail (2025)

$559K worldwide

Highest rated

The Blue Trail (2025)

Midcredits 86th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 17: 1 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting14 of 17: 3 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thWriting10 of 17: 1 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thProducing3 of 17: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography2 of 17: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 17: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 17: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

17 titles, 11 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s10 · 3 acting · 9 crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

4 major awards from 9 major nominations, 2015–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Berlinale award, won · Competition
    • Berlinale award, won · Grand Jury Prize
    • Berlinale award, won
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Feature Film
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Film
  2. 2019
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Panorama
    • Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Dramatic
  3. 2015
    • Venice award, won · Special Jury Prize
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Gabriel Mascaro's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed2

Most loved · director, writer

The Blue Trail (2025)

Midcredits 86th · 72% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 81/100 and the pacing 36/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Gabriel Mascaro work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gabriel Mascaro's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rachel Daisy Ellis shares the most, 5.

Writers

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers