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- Not Rated
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
- Not Rated
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Benjamin Ree
- Not Rated
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
- Not Rated
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
Ibelin
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Benjamin Ree
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
72
67% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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The director walks the delicate tightrope of emotions so that every new development makes previous scenes all the more intense
With whip-smart filmmaking that weaves together the physical and digital worlds, Ibelin is powerful cinema that uses its stylistic experimentation for distinctly humanist means, breathing life into a person’s story when it seemed like there were few dimensions left to explore.
Ibelin is an overwhelming film, ugly tears all the way down. It starts off with the most unspeakable of tragedies and then, as it winds its way back through Mats’s life, becomes a bittersweet story of empowerment, acceptance, even joy.
Ibelin is an effective and creative documentary about the power of online friendships.
There’s considerable emotional truth on display throughout Benjamin Ree’s documentary.
Ibelin thoroughly traces Mats’ existence with talking-head interviews, family home footage, original animations of Warcraft characters, a narrator reading his posts, his handwritten video game dialogue, and a mix of animation movements and character descriptions. These techniques allow Ree to symphonically center the subject without relegating family and peers to representatives
The film is very invested in proving the validity of the social relationships created in virtual space. To me, that’s the easy part. Video games can absolutely be nourishing and substantive and healthy. And I’m not even sure Ibelin confirms that in a smart way.
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Production Company
Medieoperatørene,
VGTV
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tromsø International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
