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, ...

and Hailey Gates’ Sundance Jury Grand Prize-winning Atropia, on which Paradise City is a producer. It will continue to acquire some 10 films per year from independent producers and balance ...

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 ...

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 ...

The critically panned “Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury prize for its satiric take on the intersection of war and performance, while Brittan ...

Dylan O’Brien delivered a career-defining performance at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award.

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 ...