Weaving absurdism and romance, “Atropia” interrogates the Western perspective of the Middle East. Directed by Hailey Gates, ...

Hailey Gates’ war satire Atropia took the marquee U.S. Grand Jury Prize for dramatic features. Alia Shawkat stars as an ...

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 towns ...

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...

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

The war satire “Atropia” about actors in a military role-playing facility won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film ...

Film wasn't the only thing on people's minds at this year's Sundance Film Festival, which comes to a close Sunday in Park ...

The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2025 awards Friday morning during a ceremony held at The Ray Theatre in Park City. Grand Jury Prizes went to Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” (U.S. Dramatic Competition ...

A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts ...

Welcome to the It List Sundance guide, where I’m sharing my picks for the best of the festival’s films ... Writer-director Hailey Gates told me on the red carpet that this movie is based ...

Hailey Gates and Callum Turner attend the premiere of "Atropia" during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes ...

As festival programmers like to say, Sundance isn’t the end of the ... equation when it comes to judging the response to a film. Hailey Gates’ war satire “Atropia” got mixed reviews ...