The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Guests Expected
Director Benjamin Ree is expected to attend.
Description
Before Mats Steen passed away from a rare muscular disease, he left his blog password to his parents, which would ultimately open the door to an entire community and fantastic world that they could not have possibly imagined. In his time spent playing World of Warcraft, Mats became known by his avatar “Ibelin,” a name that would resonate with other gamers around Europe, as he forged bonds that extended far beyond the confines of the fictional world. In The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, director Benjamin Ree skillfully deploys animators and professional narrators to recreate the majestic world of Azeroth, as experienced through the eyes of Mats and other gamers. Benjamin’s documentary serves as not only a boundary breaking exercise in the possibilities of film form, but also as a formidably compassionate testimony of the remarkable life that Mats had lived and the lives of others that he profoundly impacted.
—Jordan Klein
Benjamin Ree is a Norwegian filmmaker based currently in Oslo. His debut documentary feature was Magnus (2016), which profiled chess titan Magnus Carlsen. His second feature, The Painter and the Thief (Fesitval 2020), won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was recognized as the best documentary of 2020 by BBC, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.
Film Details
Language English, Norwegian
Year 2024
Runtime 104
Country Norway
Director Benjamin Ree
Producer Ingvil Giske
Editor Robert Stengard
Cinematographer Rasmus Tukia, Tore Vollan
Closed Captions Closed Captions aren't currently confirmed for this film
Audio Description Audio Descriptions aren't currently confirmed for this film
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation American Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film
