WTF happened to 2020? With ShoPaapaa, we might just find out.
2020 began with a viral pandemic, COVID-19. By the middle of the year another outbreak, BLM, was sweeping the world. In this new age of uncertainty, one person, ShoPaapaa, is still standing, when he really shouldn’t be. Physically compromised, he has been ‘shielded’, totally isolated, in suburban Ealing, London, for the past six months and will continue to be indefinitely, at least until there is an effective vaccine, which may be never. Somehow, he still believes the future is bright. Cinematically audacious, ShoPaapaa is an exploration of the line between drama and documentary in the worst of times and the best of times.
Molly Reynolds, Shekhar Bassi
Molly Reynolds is a screen-based story-teller. She has written, directed and/or produced The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (2006), Peter Churcher (2006), 12 Canoes (2009), What Makes Me, Still Our Country (2014), Another Country (2015), and The Waiting Room (2018). Her work has played at leading film and arts festivals, including the Cannes, Telluride and Adelaide Film Festivals.
Shekhar Bassi is a screenwriter/filmmaker. A trained actor, Shekhar started out behind the camera as a screenwriter before setting out to direct film. His award-winning short films have screened at various festivals around the world including Adelaide, Tribeca, New York, and Toronto. Currently, he is in development on Caterpillar. Shekhar’s Feature Film Treatment for Caterpillar was the Grand Prize winner at the New York Screenplay Festival.
