THE REMARKABLE LIFE
OF IBELIN
Directed by Benjamin Ree // 106 mins // Documentary
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.
“You need time to unwrap the ball of emotion whose center turned you to tears. “Ibelin” is a special film.” – Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
“It is an emotionally shattering, crucial film for getting a firmer grasp on disabled lives, online communities, and, to a less important but also fascinating degree, gaming as more than a time-wasting hobby. This documentary means everything to me.” – Robert Kojder, Flickering Myth