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 ...
Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner.
Weaving absurdism and romance, “Atropia” interrogates the Western perspective of the Middle East. Directed by Hailey Gates, the war satire film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
While labeled as a satire, the captivatingly original “Atropia” is an all-too-real portrayal of the United States during the Iraq War.
There is no need to imagine. It is hard to believe that the world of facsimiles that Hailey Gates builds is not a product of pure fiction. “Atropia” was originally proposed as a documentary to ...
Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” and Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds” claimed the top jury awards at Sundance, along with audience favorites ...
Hailey Gates’ ambitious debut feature Atropia is full of comic potential that is never quite realised. The mixture of war games satire, deadpan farce and sweet romance provides amusement along ...