PARK CITY, Utah — 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

All of the reminiscing appears to have pushed the meme onto the “For You” pages of people who had either never seen it before or were thrilled to be reminded of it. In an alternate universe ...

“Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury prize for its darkly comedic take on the intersection of war and performance, while Brittany Shyne’s ...

PARK CITY, Utah — 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 ...

'Twinless' and 'André Is an Idiot' were honored with the Audience Awards. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Additionally, Zodiac Killer Project landed the NEXT innovator award, with ...

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a distributor. By Kyle Buchanan The comedy “Atropia,” starring Alia ...

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 ...