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Sure to be one of 2024’s most discussed documentaries, the singular Ibelin blends video games and real life to tell a beautiful and deeply emotional hidden story.
When Mats Steen was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and progressively lost his mobility, he dove into the world of cooperative computer games. Toward the end of his life, his parents worried about the isolation and loneliness of the disease. After his death at the age of 25, however, an outpouring of support and love from the gaming community revealed that Steen had led a rich and eventful online life. Through a blend of interviews and reconstructed animated gameplay, Benjamin Ree fashions a vivid portrait of Ibelin, Steen’s avatar in World of Warcraft. The film creatively illustrates how Steen was able to transcend the limits of his physical world and touch people around the globe. 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. In Norwegian and English with English subtitles. (101 mins., DCP)
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, courtesy of Netflix.
Unorthodocs 2024 is part of the 2024 FotoFocus Biennial: backstories.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mellon Foundation
Every Page Foundation
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Axium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang
Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
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