Reminiscent of “The Truman Show,” “Atropia” is an immersive comedy showcasing the back of sets, control panels and 2000s-era ugly green screens. It’s full of veterans, military personnel, new soldiers ...

Atropia is not supposed to replicate a Middle Eastern country. Rather, the "enemy" American forces are looking for fight with weapons and equipment with capabilities similar to the United States.

Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism ...

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The war satire “Atropia” about actors in a military role-playing facility won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition, while the Dylan O’Brien movie ...

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Atropia, Hailey Gates’ scattered debut feature, is based on a city invented by the American military to train cadets. That the United States erects role-playing facilities tasked with ...

“Atropia” follows an aspiring actress at a military role-playing facility who falls for a soldier cast as an insurgent, their genuine emotions threatening to derail the performance. Shot at a ...

Set in 2006, Atropia takes place at the titular U.S. military training ground in the California desert, where actors role-play as villagers in countries where the government plans to invade.

PARK CITY, Utah — The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition, while the ...