Focusing on an online gamer and his fight with muscular dystrophy, Benjamin Ree directs the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. It was released on Netflix last month after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. In Utah, it was the recipient of the World Documentary Audience Award.

With a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating and 78 on Metacritic, Ibelin is already in contention for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards Best Feature (where there are 10 nominees), Director, Score, and Editing. All of that could be a recipe for a Documentary Feature nod at the Oscars if it makes the shortlist. I’ve yet to place it in my top five, but it’s been mentioned in the top 10 of possibilities. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…