Occurring between Jan. 23 and Feb. 2, the festival includes a selection of the top independent films produced over the past year. Films like “Opus,” “Atropia,” “Twinless,” “Lurker,” and so many more, ...
EFM slate includes Shatara Michelle Ford's Panorma selection Dreams In Nightmares, Lili Horvát's My Notes On Mars.
Director Hailey Gates (debut) travels back to 2006 to explore Atropia through the eyes of aspiring actress Fayruz (Alia Shawkat, “The Final Girls”). Based on a real military simulation town, Medina ...
At the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, seasoned and novice directors shared invaluable insights to guide emerging filmmakers on their creative journeys. The Utah Statesman had the opportunity to speak ...
That’s the unsexy truth at the heart of Hailey Gates’ bizarre and bloody Bush-era satire. Based on the real-life military training camps that dot the California/Nevada deserts, Atropia is a ...
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 ...
Hailey Gates’ war satire “Atropia” got mixed reviews from critics, but premiere audiences were very enthusiastic (as was the U.S. dramatic jury who gave it the festival’s top prize ...
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’ war satire “Atropia” got mixed reviews from critics, but premiere audiences were very enthusiastic (as was the U.S. dramatic jury who gave it the festival’s top prize ). As of ...