Benjamin Ree Archives - Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree

Val says: “This heart-soaring story of Mats ‘Ibelin’ Steen was excellently told by Benjamin Ree, who hit the archival jackpot with his chosen subject. Not only did Ree have access to extensive family videos, but footage from a professionally produced

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The Painter and the Thief (2020)

By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree

Chris says: “In Oslo, an artist contacts a man convicted of stealing her painting from a gallery; from there, an unlikely, slow-building friendship develops between these two very different souls. As it makes unexpected leaps backwards and forwards in time,

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