Directed by Hailey Gates, the war satire film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The story centers around Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress who works at the titular military ...

Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” and Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds” claimed the top jury awards at Sundance, along with audience favorites ...

Gates was familiar with the film set-like war simulation campuses from growing up in Southern California, where many are based. Much of the Sundance premiere audience was shocked to learn such ...

You could see them from the freeway,” Gates told Variety on the eve of the ... She described it as a kind of gonzo film school. “I’ve always used it to get on other director’s sets.

There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates ... of the film’s central romance amidst all the (fake) blood and (shoddy) carnage, paid off: on Friday, Sundance awarded ...

The winners of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival include Dylan O'Brien's 'Twinless,' the comedy 'Atropia' and the documentary 'Seeds.' ...

Day 3 of the Sundance Film Festival continues with premiering films today, from writer Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, Atropia, to James Griffiths’ The Ballad of Wallis Island. Alia Shawkat ...

While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027 ... Watch on Deadline Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition Director-screenwriter: Hailey Gates Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë ...

PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival catalogue ... Luca Guadagnino produced the film, written and directed by Hailey Gates. It also stars Callum Turner and Chloë Sevigny.

Hailey Gates’ feature debut has fun ... It’s a real place that functions like a sprawling, immersive movie set; Gates’ film treats it as such. It has logistics coordinators akin to assistant ...

Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner.