Manchester Animation Festival

The story of a tormented writer journeying into her subconscious presented in an extravagant, operatic style, overflowing with originality and bold ideas. As fiction and reality collide it is up to the resourceful Frankelda — thrust into the unknown — to use her inventive mind to curtail the monstrous ambitions of those that would cause chaos and destruction. A film that revels in its own design and remains honest to its construction, don't miss the UK premiere of this timeless Mexican stop motion masterpiece.

"Some of the wildest, most ambitious stop-motion ever put to screen." – Skwigly

"I Am Frankelda is joyful, creepy, maximalist, musical madness. Mexico's first stop-motion feature feels like the debut album from a rapper – the culmination of a lifetime of ideas, thoughts and 'wouldn't it be cool ifs' thrown onto one record. Directors Arturo Ambriz, Roy Ambriz and Mireya Mendoza crafted an overwhelming adventure through real and fictional dimensions where delight and confusion are equal parts of its appeal." — Ryan Gaur, Skwigly

I Am Frankelda is the winner of the L'écran Fantastique Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival.