I AM FRANKELDA at Weird Weekender
Sunday, 23 November | 8:30 pm
EM 2, Innenstadtkinos Stuttgart
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This animated masterpiece is not to be missed. Visually stunning, eerie, and quirky, I AM FRANKELDA is a remarkable stop-motion film by directors Ray and Arturo Ambriz that lingers in the memory. The production is the first feature-length stop-motion film to be made entirely in Mexico. We are presenting its German premiere at the end of November in collaboration with the Weird Weekender.
The story:
In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life. Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse. To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.
Directors: Roy & Arturo Ambriz | 105 min
Film still: © Cinema Fantasma