2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden’s Freaky Tales

The tandem of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden have been in the indie filmmaking business now for nearly two decades and have a direct link to Sundance’s past. They made a return to the independent film scene last January with Freaky Tales, this despite their detour to work on television projects and a popcorn film like Captain Marvel. For their latest oeuvre they enlisted the likes of Pedro Pascal, re-teamed with Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Jack Champion, Dominique Thorne, Keir Gilchrist, Ji-young Yoo and sadly the departed Angus Cloud for a shoot that would have taken place at the beginning of the year in Oakland. As we recall, Fleck and Boden broke out big at Sundance way back with Half Nelson (2006).

Gist: Set in Oakland in 1987, this is a wholly original, immersive film inspired by Ryan’s experience growing up in the bay. The film is comprised of four interconnected stories each featuring distinct characters, real life locations and noteworthy historical events (some real, some imagined).

Production Co./Producers: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, MACRO Film Studios’ Jelani Johnson and Poppy Hanks.

Prediction: Premieres.

Sales: TBD.