Directed by Hailey Gates, the war satire film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The story centers around Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress who works at the titular military ...

Day 3 of the Sundance Film Festival continues with premiering films today, from writer Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, Atropia, to James Griffiths’ The Ballad of Wallis Island. Alia Shawkat ...

Gates was familiar with the film set-like war simulation campuses from growing up in Southern California, where many are ...

The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2025 awards during a ceremony in Park City, Utah, on Friday. “Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury ...

Here are the films mentioned most often by buyers and sellers setting up shop at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The action begins Thursday. ATROPIA – Director: Hailey Gates. Cast: Alia Shawkat ...

You could see them from the freeway,” Gates told Variety on the eve of the ... She described it as a kind of gonzo film school. “I’ve always used it to get on other director’s sets.

Writer-director #HaileyGates joins stars #CallumTurner and #AliaShawkat for an intimate conversation at The IMDb Studio in ...

Hailey Gates’ feature debut has fun ... It’s a real place that functions like a sprawling, immersive movie set; Gates’ film treats it as such. It has logistics coordinators akin to assistant ...

PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival catalogue ... Luca Guadagnino produced the film, written and directed by Hailey Gates. It also stars Callum Turner and Chloë Sevigny.

When she left Vice, Gates had what she describes as a “bit part acting career,” which sparked her interest in finding acting roles that weren’t film roles. “I became really obsessed with ...