T here’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia. Based on ...

Reality blurs with performance and even love is just another scripted role in the big Sundance winner of 2025, 'Atropia.' ...

“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With ...

Callum Turner, from left, Hailey Gates and Alia Shawkat attend the premiere of "Atropia" during the Sundance Film Festival on ...

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

Brought in for his lived knowledge of what the troops will face over there, Fayruz looks at Abu and immediately senses him as a threat to her theatric domination—it’s a real “Sam & Diane” hate-to-love ...

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

There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her ... At the heart of both the short and Atropia is Alia Shawkat’s Fayruz, whose Iraqi heritage and ...