‘I Am Frankelda’ Is a Stop-Motion Fever Dream You’ll Never Want to Wake Up From

Cinema Fantasma’s wildly imaginative, hand‑crafted gothic fable more than lives up to its status as Mexico’s first ...

'I Am Frankelda' Filmmakers Say Now Is the Time for Stop-Motion Animation Because 'It's the Complete Opposite of AI'

"I Am Frankelda," now streaming on Netflix, is a stop-motion marvel. Lovingly handcrafted by brothers Arturo and Roy Ambriz, ...

Meet the 'I Am Frankelda' directors mentored by Guillermo del Toro

The culmination of years of tireless work and financial stress for the Ambriz siblings is the breathtaking period fantasy "I ...
Backstage

Making Magic Frame by Frame: Your Complete Guide to Stop Motion

Stop motion animation (also called stop frame animation) is a cinematic and creative technique that breathes life into physical objects through sequential photography. Objects are manipulated in tiny ...

Brothers Behind Mexico’s First Stop Motion Feature ‘I Am Frankelda’ Were Told ‘We Should Quit Our Dreams’

Brothers Arturo and Roy Ambriz take the art of stop motion and their love of fantasy-horror into new realms with “I am ...
Polygon

Stopmotion director says his brand of animation is necromancy

On May 31, Robert Morgan’s queasy horror movie Stopmotion will start streaming on Shudder. But hardcore horror fans will have a chance to see the live-action/animation hybrid in theaters early, ...
Forbes

25 Must-See Stop-Motion Animated Movies

On the set of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," a top stop motion musical fantasy film written and produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. In many ways, stop-motion is older than the ...