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

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 […]