Set in a fake town, Hailey Gates’ feature debut 'Atropia,' premiering at Sundance, has fun, insightful ideas, though it ...

Actress and journalist Hailey Gates makes her feature debut as a writer-director with the satirical Atropia, an unfunny ...

Before soldiers departed for duty in the Iraq War, many made a stop in California’s Mojave Desert. At a simulated village called Medina Wasl at Fort Irwin, they carried out uncanny re-creations ...

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

Sundance: Directed by "Challengers" actress Hailey Gates, "Atropia" gives the War on Terror it's own take on "The Truman Show ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition ...

The premiere of Hailey Gate’s military satire “Atropia” took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25 at ...