6) A Girl and a Dolphin

This is a 1979 pencil sketch cartoon by Rosalia Zelma about a friendship of a girl and a dolphin. The visual style of this one is very simple, but the emotions behind the pictures are very pure and moving. The dolphin saves the girl once, and eventually she pays back by saving him, even if it means that she will never see her best friend again. The film features an electronic music score by Edward Artemyev (the composer who worked with Tarkovsky (“Sola...ris”) and Mikhalkov (“Burnt by the Sun”), among other directors), and a very beautiful song in the end.
One of the reasons why I personally like this one is because its setting reminds me of South Crimean landscapes, among which I have spent many summers as a child. And yes, it was there that I first saw dolphins, and tried riding one. The cartoon brings back those childhood memories (which are especially pinching now, since the Crimean conflict has closed all the ways into the area, leaving it only to the memory). Enjoy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDC3AOP-WkI&list=PLC787D6C67EF48C7E