late 70s/early 80s fantasy speechless cartoon

[arethuse]

Hello all, this is my first time on the website and this forum.

When I was quite little, I remember having seen on TV a short fantasy cartoon with an eerie music and pastel colours. There was some flying white winged giant creatures (but featherless) that were quite peacefull. One was attacked by another flying darker beast and fell through a botomless hole in the ground and transformed into the same creature that attacked it.

Has anybody seen it and can anyone tell me who made it:confused:

Thank you
Arethuse

[ArthurFrayn]

I saw this years ago hosted on the International Animation Film Festival hosted by Jean Marsh on PBS. There are several similar cartoons, that I've seen, the one that sticks in my mind is called Skywhales:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228867/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxxPXNreXdoYWxlc3 xteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8aHRtbD0x;fc=1;ft=4


Don't know how much of a help this is.


Try looking through those international animation short collections on VHS at the library.

[ArthurFrayn]

It might have been in this:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241436/

[arethuse]

Thanks a lot for finding it. I can put a name on this animation at last!It did a big impression on me and still does.
Cheers,
Arethuse