Jeremy Macedo, a former student at Gobelins, has revealed one of his student shorts, titled Polypous. The short takes us to a water slide like no other. This one will turn a thrill ride into a kill ride.

The invasion has begun! A team of 9 students at The Animation Workshop have teamed up to bring you this 6-minute CG short, titled Slug Invasion. The tag line is “all’s fair in hunger and war!” Ready, aim, eat!

With the smoggy aftertaste of Cars 2 still clouding the air, the antidote arrives. This 2:30 minute clip from The Brave should renew your faith in Pixar, who, to be fair, have almost never let us down. In this clip, you’ll meet Merida, who can simply not contain herself as the men compete for all the glory. With the time period and the accents, it’s hard not to feel like we’re watching a sequel to How To Train Your Dragon. The feature will not arrive soon enough – June 22nd in US theaters.

Peter Nagy, the October 2009 winner of the 11 Second Club, has placed another trophy in his case. His submission for the January competition took the top spot, using dialog from the 1975 film Deewaar. Nagy has also posted a making-of video over on Vimeo.

Here’s the latest Lloyds TSB spot produced by Studio aka, who have created dozens of spots in the long-running campaign. Marc Craste directed, and the agency on the spot, which is titled Smart Current Accounts, was Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y&R.

Coinciding with Hasbro’s launch of new Star Wars Micro Heroes, Clockwork VFX was tapped to produce 5 webisodes featuring a diminutive cast from a galaxy far, far away. Here’s an episode with Boba Fett and Chewie.

Tyler Carter, who now works at Blue Sky Studios, has released his student film from BYU. DreamGiver is a story about a boy’s book that comes to life during his dreams.