Sundance project: Gates is the writer and director of "Atropia," starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker. The movie, which is produced by Luca Guadagnino ...

Director and writer, Hailey Gates, along with lead actors Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner of ‘Atropia,' drop in at our studio in Park City talk about the process adapting a short film ...

Atropia, Hailey Gates' scattered debut feature ... role-playing facility through the eyes of Fayruz (an excellent Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress who rotates between roles like Iraqi street ...

There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her ... At the heart of both the short and Atropia is Alia Shawkat’s Fayruz, whose Iraqi heritage and ...

There is a moment in Atropia, Hailey Gates’ bold and deeply unsettling feature debut, where an actress — played with biting precision by Alia Shawkat — wanders into what appears to be an ...

In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut ... as villagers in countries where the government plans to invade. Alia Shawkat stars as Fayruz, an ambitious actress determined to make ...

"Uncut Gems" actress and filmmaker Hailey Gates had her plans for a documentary ... based on a short film called "Shako Mak0." Star Alia Shawkat, who joined the project early in the development ...

“Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic ... “Atropia,” which stars Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner and Chloë Sevigny, follows an aspiring actor who falls in love with ...

Hailey Gates’ ambitious debut feature Atropia ... The committed performances of Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner plus the Sundance US Grand Jury prize should guarantee attention for an uneven ...