Netflix has released The Remarkable Life of Ibelin trailer, previewing the upcoming inspiring documentary about a Norwegian gamer and the community he had during an illness.
The trailer highlights the story of Mats Steen, a gamer who passed away due to a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. After his death, his parents discovered that despite their beliefs, Steen actually lived a life full of friendship and relationships through the hit game World of Warcraft.
Check out The Remarkable Life of Ibelin trailer below (watch other trailers and clips):
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is directed by Benjamin Ree (The Painter and the Thief, Magnus) and features reconstructed animated moments from Mats’ gameplay, as well as narrated entries from his own personal blog and interviews with those who knew him in the game. The documentary also uses around 42,000 pages of archived actual recorded dialogue between Mats and his friends to help tell the story.
“When Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at age 25, his parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated existence,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “They were unaware that Mats had long been leading a vibrant digital life that had left a profound impact on a community of fellow gamers.”