T here’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia. Based on her 2019 short film Shako Mako, Gates expands her exp ...

Writer-director Hailey Gates joins stars Callum Turner and Alia Shawkat for an intimate conversation at The IMDb Studio in the Acura House of Energy during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The trio ...

Weaving absurdism and romance, “Atropia” interrogates the Western perspective of the Middle East. Directed by Hailey Gates, ...