5 days ago · Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez is currently talking about Atropia, the smart and stylish debut feature film of writer-director Hailey Gates, to the full house at Eccles Theatre. Gates herself, though, is standing on the side of the stage full of the nerves.

3 days ago · Hailey Gates Debuts Satirical ‘Atropia’ at Sundance, Starring Alia Shawkat and Produced by Luca Guadagnino Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature ...

This mirage of a place is a bizarre, liminal construction of writer-director Hailey Gates, whose incisive satire and clever wit are on full display. Co-stars Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner are joined by Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, and more in this completely original, surprisingly romantic, and sharply amusing directorial debut.—Ash Hoyle

6 days ago · Sundance Comedy ‘Atropia’ is One of the Craziest True Stories You’ve Never Heard Hailey Gates' feature directorial debut is a messy, sexy satire based on an insane (and authentic) military ...

2 days ago · Alia Shawkat, Hailey Gates and Callum Turner attend the “Atropia” premiere during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater on Jan. 25, 2025, in Park City, Utah.

5 days ago · In writer-director Hailey Gates' directorial debut 'Atropia', she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamophobia.

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4 days ago · "Uncut Gems" actress and Filmmaker Hailey Gates turned her would be military training village documentary into an unconventional love story.

5 days ago · Writer-director Hailey Gates joins stars Callum Turner and Alia Shawkat for an intimate conversation at The IMDb Studio in the Acura House of Energy during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The trio discusses their new satirical war drama, 'Atropia,' with Gates revealing how her original short film, "Shako Mako," evolved into this feature debut.

5 days ago · Alia Shawkat plays an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility in Hailey Gates' feature debut 'Atropia,' produced by Luca Guadagnino.