I Am Frankelda

8/5/2025

I Am Frankelda is Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature film. Written, directed, and produced by Rodolfo and Arturo Ambriz, the Ambriz brothers are proteges of Guillermo del Toro and even dedicate the film to the Mexican filmmaker. The film is a Mexican production produced by Cartoon Network Latin America and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Ambriz brothers did a miniseries consisting of five 12-minute episodes entitled Frankelda’s Book of Spooks, which I Am Frankelda is essentially an expansion of. The series looks like it features the same characters and cinematic realms that I Am Frankelda showcases, but is more focused on the stories Frankelda has written in her book. I Am Frankelda is the origin of both Francisca Imelda in the 1870s and a disintegrating nightmare realm where she