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Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature ‘Soy Frankelda’ Coming to Netflix
Netflix acquired Mexico’s first stop-motion feature directed by the Ambriz brothers, nominated for Best Independent Feature at the 53rd Annie Awards.
- Netflix today announced the acquisition of I Am Frankelda from directors Arturo and Roy Ambriz, billing it as Mexico’s first stop-motion feature with a global release later this year.
- As protégés of Guillermo del Toro, Arturo and Roy Ambriz developed and produced the film through Cinema Fantasma, with del Toro advising the production.
- Set in 19th-century Mexico, the film follows Frankelda and Herneval as monsters from her subconscious threaten reality, with voices by Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., Luis Leonardo Suarez, and production by Ana Coronilla, Bruce Zick, and Beto Petiches.
- The film will compete at the 53rd Annie Awards on Saturday, February 21, with Guillermo del Toro praising I Am Frankelda as a landmark in Mexican stop-motion animation.
- The film previously opened theatrically in Mexico in October 2025, preceding Netflix's acquisition and linking to Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning Pinocchio.
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Mexico City (EFE).- ‘Soy Frankelda’, the first Mexican feature film in ‘stop-motion’, will be part of Netflix’s catalogue this 2026, reported on Friday the platform of ‘streaming’, after the acquisition of production directed by Arturo and Roy Ambriz. In a statement, the company in Latin America reported that the film of the Ambriz brothers, protected ... Read more
The film “Soy Frankelda”, recognized as the first Mexican feature film made in stop-motion technique, will be part of Netflix’s global catalogue in 2026, after the platform acquired the rights of production directed by the Arturo and Roy Ambriz brothers. The announcement was confirmed by the company in Latin America, which highlighted the international premiere of the project created by the studio Cinema Ghost, a production house founded by the …
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