French Roast

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French Roast
Poster for French Roast
Poster for French Roast
Directed byFabrice Joubert
Written byFabrice Joubert
Produced byBibo Bergeron
Music byOlivier Liboutry
Release date
  • 30 October 2008 (2008-10-30)
Running time
8 minutes, 15 seconds
CountryFrance

French Roast is a 2008 French computer-animated short created by Fabrice Joubert. The short received the Best Animation Award at ANIMA Córdoba and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.

French Roast is the first short film by Fabrice O. Joubert,[1] an animator, who worked from 1997 to 2006 at DreamWorks Animation and later worked as the animation director of A Monster in Paris (2011).[2]

Plot[]

In a fancy Parisian Café c. 1960, an uptight businessman man sits at a table and orders a coffee. He cannot seem to pay so he begins to stall while in the background a disheveled beggar can be seen walking into the cafe asking for spare change.

Release[]

French Roast was first released in France on 30 October 2008 at the Festival Voix d'Etoiles. It was later released in the Czech Republic on 3 May 2009 at the AniFest Film Festival, in Canada on 19 February 2010 in Waterloo, Ontario and in the USA on 19 February 2010, limited release.

Accolades[]

Fabrice Joubert was presented with the Elña for Best Animation at the 2009 Córdoba International Animation Festival.[3] Fabrice Joubert has been nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Desowitz, Bill (February 4, 2010). "Joubert Talks French Roast". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Full cast and crew for A Monster in Paris (2011)". IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  3. ^ "2009 Edition". Anima Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "Oscar Nominee!". French Roast The Production Blog. February 3, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2011.

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