Sundance 2025: "The military was not so keen on the version of the doc that I wanted to make," director Hailey Gates says at TheWrap's Sundance studio The post ‘Atropia’ Director Explains How ...

Sundance project: Gates is the writer and director of "Atropia," starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker. The movie, which is produced by Luca Guadagnino ...

There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia. Based on her 2019 short film Shako Mako, Gates expands her exploration of fake ...

There is no need to imagine. It is hard to believe that the world of facsimiles that Hailey Gates builds is not a product of pure fiction. “Atropia” was originally proposed as a documentary to ...

“This movie is so strange,” “Atropia’s” writer-director, Hailey Gates, said as she accepted her award at The Ray theater in Park City on Friday. “I did not think that anybody would be ...

“Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury prize for its darkly comedic take on the intersection of war and performance, while Brittany Shyne’s ...

Click on the movie’s title to read our full take. Watch on Deadline Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition Director-screenwriter: Hailey Gates Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny ...