Sydney-based animator Beini Huang took home the top prize at the 2011 Toronto Student International Film Festival (TSIFF). The award was for A Divorce, a 4-minute film about a man reflecting on the dissolution of his marriage.

Saddle up for a magical pony ride, animation fans. Here’s a new CG animated student film emerging from The Animation Workshop in Viborg. Space Stallions was directed by Thorvaldur S. Gunnarsson, Jonatan Brüsch, Ágúst Kristinsson, Arna Snæbjørnsdottir, Esben J. Jespersen, Touraj Khosravi and Polina Bokhan. You have my permission to sing along – fist pump!

A new dialog-free short, titled Cinq Point Hein, is now in distribution in France, playing in theaters for The Week of Sound. It’s directed by former Gobelins students Chloé Bury, Daniel Ferretti, Maïté Xia and Mathilde Le Moal, along with supervising director Aïda del Solar.

The unexpected merger of Aardman’s Creature Comforts and the DC character universe is DC Nation. As with Creature Comforts, sound bites from adorable youngsters are transposed onto unlikely figures for our eyeball’s pleasure. This clip probably won’t be up long – so click the triangle.

The Rauch Brothers have steered yet another beautiful StoryCorps animated short through production. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we’re introduced to a couple in a long-distance relationship that starts with an interesting twist. Gorgeous designs by Bill Wray. Here’s To R.P. Salazar, with Love.

Did it just get cold in here? I think a window is open. Or maybe it’s this eerie ghost floating on my laptop screen. It’s the star of The Lady ParaNorma (not to be confused with the upcoming Laika feature ParaNorman), a new CG short written and directed by Vincent Marcone, a.k.a. My Pet Skeleton. Here’s a trailer:

The crafty folks at Blinkink have folded up a new stop-motion spot for Peugeot. It was direted by Joseph Mann, and produced in just 4 weeks.