Giovanni Pirelli is a producer, screenwriter and cultural manager dedicated to strengthening cultural communities. He coordinates socio-cultural initiatives focused on long-term collaborative projects that emphasize training and collective creation. He is the executive producer and production coordinator at Irmãos Guerra Filmes, where he produces feature films, short films, television programs, and music videos. In addition to his production work, Giovanni co-writes the films directed by filmmaker Helena Guerra. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Head of Production at Associação Paulista Amigos da Arte, where he implemented the organization’s audiovisual department and oversaw coordination, filming, post-production, and distribution. Since 2015, Giovanni has been the co-founder and General Director of Projeto Marieta, a cultural center that promotes ongoing socio-cultural activities for thousands of participants each year, both at its physical venue in São Paulo and through Marieta Virtual, its online platform.

So This Is Dying (Então Morrer é Assim) [co-written with Helena Guerra] — Faced with the terminal illness of her best friend —who is rallying their whole community to rehearse her own multicolored funeral!— quiet but resourceful 13-year-old Zoé must confront her innermost desire: to disappear in her dreams. Set in a utopic solar-punk village in rural Brazil, So This Is Dying is a haunting yet luminous coming-of-age story about loss, friendship, and the fragile beauty of being alive.