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Mexico's First Stop-Motion Film “I Am Frankelda” Streams on Netflix.

6/18/2026

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Mexico streams its first feature-length stop-motion animated film, I Am Frankelda, on Netflix.
The film was written and directed by brothers Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, founders of Studio Fantasma.
Mireya Mendoza voices Frankelda while Luis Leonardo Suárez and Arturo Mercado Jr. portray the villain Procustes and the owl-like prince Herneval.
Reviewers gave the film an 8/10 rating and praised its animation, musical numbers, and family-friendly macabre tone.

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Story summary

Mexico streams its first feature-length stop-motion animated film, I Am Frankelda, on Netflix.
The film was written and directed by brothers Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, founders of Studio Fantasma.
Mireya Mendoza voices Frankelda while Luis Leonardo Suárez and Arturo Mercado Jr. portray the villain Procustes and the owl-like prince Herneval.
Reviewers gave the film an 8/10 rating and praised its animation, musical numbers, and family-friendly macabre tone.