Director: Roy Ambriz, Arturo Ambriz
Cast: Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., Luis Leonardo Suarez, Gaby Cárdenas, Beto Castillo
I Am Frankelda is a 2025 Mexican animated horror film directed by Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz, following a young storyteller whose fictional monsters cross into her waking world. With Gothic atmosphere rooted in 19th-century Mexico, the film blends dark fantasy with coming-of-age courage in a way that feels both eerie and emotionally rich.
What is I Am Frankelda about?
Frankelda is an exceptionally imaginative girl living in Mexico during the nineteenth century, whose gift for writing terrifying stories has always set her apart. When the boundary between her imagination and the world around her begins to dissolve, she finds herself pulled into her own subconscious — a shadowy realm populated by the very creatures she invented. Confronted by monsters that know her deepest fears and desires, Frankelda must draw on her creativity and bravery to survive encounters she never expected to face outside the page. The film sets up a thrilling question: what happens when the author loses control of the story?
Cast & crew
The film is co-directed by Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz, an emerging directing duo working within Mexico's animation scene. Voice performances come from Mireya Mendoza in the lead role, alongside Arturo Mercado Jr., Luis Leonardo Suarez, Gaby Cárdenas, Beto Castillo, Magda Giner, Carlos Segundo, and Idzi Dutkiewicz — a cast that lends warmth and menace in equal measure to Frankelda's inner world.
Context & significance
Mexican animated horror has been steadily earning global recognition, and I Am Frankelda slots neatly into that tradition — evoking the hand-crafted eeriness of stop-motion classics while adding a strong female protagonist whose power comes from her imagination. For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers who grew up loving dark fairy tales and folklore-adjacent storytelling — whether from Iran's own rich tradition or from world cinema — this film offers a genre experience that is genuinely unsettling yet age-expandable. It arrives on K-Time with a full Persian dub, meaning younger viewers and family audiences can watch in their native language without subtitles, making it one of the more accessible international animation titles on the platform.
Where & how to watch
I Am Frankelda is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub — watch it dubbed in Persian with no subtitles needed. Stream on the web, your TV, or your phone with no VPN required and no geo-blocking. Start watching today and cancel anytime.