Among the many films at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, there was one title on everyone’s lips: “Atropia.” Winner of the U.S ...

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

“Atropia” was originally proposed as a documentary to study the mock villages that were built in the wake of 9/11. “The military was not so keen on the version of the doc that I wanted to ...

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 ...

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

Writer/director Hailey Gates' "Atropia" won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category, scoring top honors for a film ...

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

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 ...