Synopsis : When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.
Festival History : Sundance Film Festival 2025
Awards : U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival 2025
Director :
Hailey Gates
Producer :
Luca Guadagnino, Naima Abed, Émilie Georges, Lana Kim, Jett Steiger
Screenplay :
Hailey Gates
DOP :
Eric Yue
Editor :
Madeleine Gavin, Sophie Corra
Cast :
Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker
Hailey Benton Gates is an American model, actress, director, and journalist. Upon her graduation from New York University in 2012, Gates began working as an editor and director of advertising at The Paris Review. Atropia is her feature film debut.