Synopsis

An empty, sexualized female character follows meditation instructions (in Hebrew), trapped in a glass case, in a synthetically perfect looking space. The relaxed meditation instructions turn into self defense instructions. She follows them, as the viewer gazes at her empty body. This causes her to flip out and break out of the glass case.

Danna Grace Windsor

Danna Grace Windsor is an Israeli-born experimental animator and graphic artist based in LA while completing her master’s degree at California Institute of the Arts. Shalva is her third film, it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Animation at Slamdance Film Festival 2019.