‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Director on Casting Disabled Actors to Voice His Film: ‘It Was an Easy Choice for Us’
Director Benjamin Ree cast disabled actors for his Oscar shortlisted documentary "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" to portray ...
‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin': How Norwegian Filmmakers Turned Mats Steen's Online Life into a Netflix Oscar Contender
In Benjamin Ree's documentary, Steen's parents learn about their son's rich social life as an avid 'World of Warcraft' gamer ...
His name was Mats. In 'World of Warcraft,' he was Ibelin. A new documentary tells the 'coming-of-age story' of the late gamer's hidden life.
When Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who spent endless hours playing World of Warcraft, died at 25 from a degenerative muscular ...
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His own body weakened by a rare disease, a gamer adopts a stronger one – and leaves a legacy – within World of Warcraft
When Mats Steen was a little boy, he loved a small ceramic fox. In his native Norway, a fox is a “reven.” His mother, Trude, says he carried everywhere. Back then, he could still walk on his own. He ...
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WoW Will Add New NPC Honoring The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin's Mats Steen
World of Warcraft continues to pay tribute to Mats "Ibelin" Steen, the subject of the recent Netflix documentary The ...
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How ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ moved me as a DMD survivor
Columnist Shalom Lim saw elements of his own journey with DMD reflected in the Netflix documentary "The Remarkable Life of ...
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World of Warcraft Adding Heartfelt Tribute NPC in Patch 11.1
World of Warcraft fans discover evidence of another heartfelt in-game tribute to a beloved player and his touching tale in ...
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Oscar shortlisted 'Remarkable Life of Ibelin' reconstructs terminally-ill gamer's rich online world
The Netflix documentary centers around Mats Steen, who had a rare disease which wasted his muscles until he could barely move his fingers. But after his death, his family discovered a rich online ...