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Netflix Snaps Up Sundance Doc ‘Ibelin’ From ‘The Painter And The Thief’ Helmer Benjamin Ree
Just a day into the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Netflix has swooped on Ibelin, a new feature doc from Norwegian filmmaker Benjamin Ree (The Painter and the Thief), in the first acquisition of the …
His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated existence, later discovering that Mats had long been leading a vibrant digital life that left a profound impact on a community of fellow gamers. Through reconstructed animated moments from his gameplay, narrated entries from his blog and interviews with people who knew him as Ibelin, a picture of a remarkable young man emerges, one that underscores how community and soulful relationships can transcend the boundaries of the physical world. Ree is best known for 2020’s The Painter and the Thief, a documentary examining the burgeoning friendship between Hyperrealist artist llows Barbora Kysilkova and Karl-Bertil Nordland, the man convicted of stealing his work from an Oslo gallery.
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