An aspiring actress in an army role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier in Hailey Gates' feature debut, which also stars Callum Turner and Chloë Sevigny.

Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner.

Photos from the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the premieres of 'Atropia' & 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' on Day 3.

In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamaphobia with an amusing and profoundly absurdist sense of satire. Set in 2006,

War remains one of this nation’s most profitable exports, and in Atropia, which premiered at Sundance, Gates attempts to satirize the goings-on at this role-playing facility through the eyes of Fayruz (an excellent Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress who ...

Alia Shawkat stars as Fayruz, an ambitious actress determined to make her big break in Hollywood while working in the simulation, despite her conflicting feelings about the war in Iraq.

Sundance project: Gates is the writer and director of “Atropia,” starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker. The movie, which is produced by Luca Guadagnino, is a feature adaptation of Gates’ 2019 short film “Shako Mako ...

Exploring deep emotions and complex relationships, Tovey stars in the Sundance drama "Plainclothes," portraying an undercover cop romantically entangled with his target.

Notable past credits: Reis, a former world champion boxer, has quickly made her mark as an actress with Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her supporting role in last year’s series “True Detective: Night Country.” She also earned an Independent Spirit Award for her debut 2021 film “Catch the Fair One.”

Suganami, also known as Steph Shep, makes her feature film debut in "Opus" alongside Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich.

The Sundance Film Festival catalogue can be overwhelming to navigate, with around 90 feature films playing across 11 days.

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