7:00pm MUSIC: Cassandra Jenkins
8:00pm ATROPIA by Hailey Gates. 2025, US, 103 min.
An utterly original screwball comedy inspired by real U.S. military training camps, Atropia centers on a fictional village outside of Los Angeles where soldiers immerse themselves in simulated battlefields before deploying overseas. The incomparable Alia Shawkat stars as an aspiring actor hired to role-play as an Iraqi civilian who loses herself in the theatrics of war when she falls for a real veteran playing a fake insurgent, co-star Callum Turner. Writer-director Hailey Gates' bold Sundance-winning feature debut embodies the farcical flimsiness of the American Empire.
Post-screening conversation with director Hailey Gates and Zia Anger.
Food by Brothers starting at 6:30pm.
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