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.

While labeled as a satire, the captivatingly original “Atropia” is an all-too-real portrayal of the United States during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Awards were announced on Friday, with the top prizes going to Hailey Gates' war satire Atropia, which won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and Seeds, Brittany Shyne's film about Black farm ...

Gandbhir won the U.S. Documentary Directing Award. I really dug the war satire Atropia, the feature debut of writer-director Hailey Gates. In 2006, wannabe Hollywood actress Fayruz (Alia Shawkat ...