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THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN

Benjamin Ree
NO 2024    104'
⚬ Human Interest 

Synopsis

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.

Quotes

"powerful, shattering, unique" - Variety

"by the end it’s nearly impossible not to shed a tear" - The Guardian

"moving" - Vulture

"heartbreakingly bittersweet" - Indiewire

"a beautiful, powerful film that goes well beyond the expected" - POV Magazine

Credits

Director

Benjamin Ree

Producer

Ingvil Giske

Co-Producer

Hans Andreas Fay

Production Company

Medieoperatørene

Cinematography

Rasmus Tukia, Tore Vollan

Editor

Robert Stengård

Music

Uno Helmersson

Sound Design

Joakim Bjerknæs, Gisle Tveito

Head Animators

Rasmus Tukia, Ada Wikdahl

"by the end it’s nearly impossible not to shed a tear" - The Guardian

"powerful, shattering, unique" - Variety

"moving" - Vulture

"a beautiful, powerful film that goes well beyond the expected" - POV Magazine

"heartbreakingly bittersweet" - Indiewire

“Poignant and genre-defying. Destined to live in my memory.” - New York Times

“‘Ibelin’ is powerful cinema that uses its stylistic experimentation for distinctly humanist means, Breathing life into a person’s story.” - Variety

“Ree’s storytelling is intuitive and tight, while the animation and graphics are immersive and inventive." - RogerEbert

“A tender and empathetic portrait of a gamer’s secret virtual life. Uniquely Captavating.” - Slant

 

Awards

Audience Award

Tromsø IFF 2024

Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary 

Sundance Film Festival 2024

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary 

Sundance Film Festival 2024

Young Audience Award

European Film Awards 2024

Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary

Göteborg Film Festival 2024

The City Of Poznań Freedom Award

Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Documentary & Best Original Music Score 

IDA Awards 2024

 

Festivals

Sundance Film Festival 2024

Tromsø IFF 2024

Göteborg FF 2024

CPH:DOX 2024

Millennium Docs Against Gravity FF 2024

Zurich FF 2024

Doc NYC 2024

Film Details

Runtime 104'
Spoken Languages English, Norwegian
Production Countries Norway

Biography

Benjamin Ree is a Norwegian film director. He has directed THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN (2024), THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF (2020) and MAGNUS (2016). His films have been sold to more than 80 countries and won more than 40 awards, among them: BFI London FF, Hong Kong International FF and Sundance Film Festival.

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