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{{Infobox film
|name = French roasts
|image = French Roast poster.jpg
|caption = Poster for ''French Roast''
|alt = Poster for French Roast
|director = Fabrice O. Joubert
|producer = [[Bibo Bergeron]]
|writer = Fabrice O. Joubert
|starring =
|music = Olivier Liboutry
|cinematography =
|editing =
|distributor =
|released = {{Film date|2008|10|30}}
|runtime = 8 minutes, 15 seconds
|country = France
|budget =
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'''''French Roast''''' is a 2008 French computer-animated short created by [[Fabrice O. Joubert]]. The short received ANIMA award and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 2009.

''French Roast'' is the first short film by Fabrice O. Joubert,<ref>{{cite news|last=Desowitz|first=Bill|url=http://www.awn.com/articles/article/oscars-joubert-talks-french-roast/page/1%2C1|title=Joubert Talks French Roast|publisher=Animation World Network|date=February 4, 2010|accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref> an animator, who worked from 1997-2006 at [[DreamWorks Animation]] and later worked as the animation director of ''[[A Monster in Paris]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for A Monster in Paris (2011)|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961097/fullcredits#cast|work=[[IMDb]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>

==Plot==
In a fancy Parisian Café c. 1960, an uptight businessman discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee but not solving the problem.

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

==Accolades==
Fabrice Joubert was presented with the ANIMA for Best Animation at the 2009 Córdoba International Animation Festival.<ref>{{cite news|title=2009 Edition|url=http://www.animafestival.com.ar/eng/2009-2/|accessdate=June 24, 2012|newspaper=Anima Festival}}</ref> Fabrice Joubert has been nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frenchroast-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/oscar-nominee_441.html|title=Oscar Nominee!|work=French Roast The Production Blog|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref> It was talking about

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.frenchroast.fr/}}
* {{IMDb title|1323520|French Roast}}
* {{bcdb title|113897|French Roast}}

[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Animated short films]]
[[Category:French animated films]]
[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:French short films]]

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