News I Am Frankelda I Am Frankelda Trailer Takes Us to a Stop-Animated Underworld The land feeds on nightmares, naturally By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 28, 2026 Credit: Netflix Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Netflix It’s hard to be a writer, especially if you’re a woman in the nineteenth century. Frances, who lives in Mexico, is one of those writers when she gets swooped up by an otherworldly prince with a face like a fox. (And I mean a literal fox, like the animal. Or maybe he looks more like an owl and/or a tree? You decide.) That’s the premise of the stop-motion animated feature I Am Frankelda from writer-directors Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz. The streamer put out a trailer today, and the video appears to give a play-by-play of the film’s plot (almost the antithesis, in fact, of the initial trailers for Disclosure Day). Here’s the official synopsis, which spells things out as well: 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. What neither this synopsis nor the trailer make clear, however, is that I Am Frankelda is also a musical! What songs will Frankelda and Herneval sing? We’ll have to wait until June 12, 2026, to find out, when the movie premieres on Netflix and also reportedly in select theaters (the latter so it can qualify for the Oscars, most likely). In the meantime, check out today’s trailer below. [end-mark] The post <i>I Am Frankelda</i> Trailer Takes Us to a Stop-Animated Underworld appeared first on Reactor.