‘I Am Frankelda’ Filmmakers Roy and Arturo Ambriz Take ‘Ballad of the Phoenix’ to Venice, Share Guillermo del Toro’s Advice to ‘Go Bigger’

By Christopher Vourlias

Christopher Vourlias

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Mexican animators Roy and Arturo Ambriz, the groundbreaking duo behind their country’s first-ever stop-motion animated feature, are hoping to hit a high note with “Ballad of the Phoenix,” which the brothers are taking to the Venice Gap-Financing Market running Sept. 4 – 6.

A stop-motion fantasy inspired by the epic sagas of Mexican lore, it marks the anticipated follow-up to gothic musical “I Am Frankelda,” a box-office sensation upon its release last year and a watershed moment for Mexican animation. 

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