They thought their son lived an isolated life. But when he died, friends showed up in droves.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/mats-steen-ibelin-world-of-warcraft-ex1

‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Director on Casting Disabled Actors to Voice His Film: ‘It Was an Easy Choice for Us’
#Variety #Actors #Awards #Features #Ibelin #MatsSteen #TheRemarkableLifeofIbelin

https://variety.com/2025/awards/actors/remarkable-life-of-ibelin-voice-cast-1236275554/

'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin' Director on Casting Disabled Actors

Director Benjamin Ree cast disabled actors for his Oscar shortlisted documentary "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" to portray the world of Mats Steen.

Variety

Director Benjamin Ree On Drawing Inspiration From Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, & Virginia Woolf For Oscar Contender ‘The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin’
#Documentary #News #Awardsdoc #BenjaminRee #MatsSteen #Netflix #SundanceFilmFestival #TheRemarkableLifeofIbelin

https://deadline.com/2024/12/the-remarkable-life-of-ibelin-netflix-documentary-director-benjamin-ree-interview-1236202368/

Director Benjamin Ree On Drawing Inspiration From Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, & Virginia Woolf For Oscar Contender ‘The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin’

'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin' director Benjamin Ree drew inspiration from classic novelists William Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, and Virginia Woolf.

Deadline

Pas na dood van hun geïsoleerde overleden zoon Mats (25) ontdekten ouders zijn geheime leven online

Door zijn verschrikkelijke spierziekte spendeerde Mats zijn dagen vooral achter een computer. Alleen, geïsoleerd, bijna volledig verlamd. Op zijn 25ste sterft hij. Voor zijn familie komt dan plots zijn geheime ‘alternatieve’ leven aan het licht, wanneer honderden mensen contact opnemen. Dit is het verhaal van Mats Steen.

https://www.hln.be/buitenland/pas-na-dood-van-hun-geisoleerde-overleden-zoon-mats-25-ontdekten-ouders-zijn-geheime-leven-online~ad7254ea/

#Ibelin #WoW #MatsSteen

Pas na dood van hun geïsoleerde overleden zoon Mats (25) ontdekten ouders zijn geheime leven online

Door zijn verschrikkelijke spierziekte spendeerde Mats zijn dagen vooral achter een computer. Alleen, geïsoleerd, bijna volledig verlamd. Op zijn 25ste sterft hij. Voor zijn familie komt dan plots zijn geheime ‘alternatieve’ leven aan het licht, wanneer honderden mensen contact opnemen. Netflix maakte er de aangrijpende documentaire ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ over, die vanaf vrijdag te zien is. De trailer alleen al grijpt enorm naar de keel. Dit is het verhaal van Mats Steen.

hln.be

Read this. Really very moving. [The Times]: We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found friendship and even romance in a gaming community By Ben Machell

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/we-only-learnt-of-our-sons-secret-online-life-after-he-died-at-20-rj3bqfnqn

#matssteen #worldofwarcraft

We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20

When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found friendship and even romance in a gaming community

The Times
Good to see media can also write positively about online gaming.
Vicky Schaubert of #Norwegian state-owned broadcasting corporation #NRK (#NorgesRiksKringkasting), wrote a touching article about the positive impact #WorldOfWarcraft had on #MatsSteen aka #IbelinRedmoore / #JeromeWalker and his #Starlight guild members: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/forst-da-mats-var-dod_-forsto-foreldrene-1.14197198
It's been translated to English for the #BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-47064773
Først da Mats var død, forsto foreldrene verdien av gamingen hans

Foreldrene trodde Mats var ensom. Men da han døde, tentes lys over hele Europa