When Mats Steen was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and increasingly lost control of his body, he fell into the world of computer games with the aid of specially built chairs. His parents had worried about the isolation of the last years of his life but after his death at the age of 25, they realized that he’d had a rich and eventful online gaming life and had made friends around the world. Through a blend of reconstructed animated gameplay and interviews, the exciting Norweigan filmmaker Benjamin Ree creates a vivid portrait of Ibelin, Steen’s avatar within the World of Warcraft community, illustrating how Steen was able to transcend the limits of his physical world. The winner of directing and audience awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Ibelin is one of the year’s most unforgettable and moving documentaries (101 minutes, DCP). In Norwegian and English with English subtitles.

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