I’ve been following the Kickstarter fundraiser for A Cautionary Tail, a new CG film from Sam Rippingale. He’s pulled together a cast that includes Academy-Award winning actress Cate Blanchett, and as you’ll see in the clip below, they’re using hand-made miniature sets in the production.

Dave Carter and his trusty co-creator Nikos Andronicos have delivered the pilot episode of an all-new, animated series for Mondo Media. Billy and the Bitch is a stop-motion animated series that follows the verbal beatings doled out by a dog upon his weary owner. You may remember Dave’s work on the series Psychotown.

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.

Alice Dupre directed this new promo for the Australian band Big Scary. She used stop-motion and 2D animation in the clip:

Luke Jurevicius (whose brother is Nathan, the artist behind Scary Girl) recently produced and co-wrote this new animated music video for the band The Audreys. The traditionally-animated video tells the story of a lost girl making her way through a surreal landscape. The 4-minute piece, titled Sometimes the Stars, was recently accepted into the 2011 Annecy festival in the Music Video category. Full credits below.

The Lost Thing, which is up for Best Animated Short at this month’s 83rd Annual Academy Awards, is now online. The 15-minute short was directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan and it focuses on “a boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach.” It was produced by Passion Pictures Australia and Screen Australia.

James Calvert at PRA (The People’s Republic of Animation) directed this new promotional spot for the upcoming multi-platform video game de Blob 2. This CG piece is titled Air Traffic Controller.