The opening sequence of Atropia mirrors that of director Hailey Gates‘ 2019 short film Shako Mako. A woman walks down the dusty streets of a Middle Eastern town. She says hello ...

Actress and journalist Hailey Gates makes her feature debut as a writer-director with the satirical Atropia, an unfunny ...

Callum Turner, from left, Hailey Gates and Alia Shawkat attend the premiere of "Atropia" during the Sundance Film Festival on ...

“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With ...

Authorities say a man will plead guilty for flying a drone that damaged firefighting aircraft during LA wildfire.

Ahead of the final weekend of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the annual event in Park City, Utah, announced its big winners ...

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...

Atropia starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Competition award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and Seeds was named the U.S. Documentary ...

"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the big winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony.

A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts ...

Audiences chose a little differently. Twinless, which stars Dylan O’Brien as a man grieving his twin brother, won the audience award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, while André Is an Idiot took it ...

Atropia,' 'Seeds,' 'Twinless,' 'East of Wall,' and 'André is an Idiot' are the big awards winners at the 2025 Sundance Film ...