EVENTS – CINZIA MELA

© Ph Elisa Paolucci Giannettoni

INDIA

Mysore, India, October 1999.
That night, after embracing the family that hosted us for days, we set off toward the bus station. A bungalow on Varkala beach awaited us.
The bus was late, and we, seated on the steps, watched the vibrant nightlife unfold.
Elderly men with flowing beards perched atop heaps of boxes and bags, men struggling with enormous bundles bound by makeshift ropes, stray dogs and crows hunting for scraps, children with radiant smiles, parents holding their hands, all searching for the ride that would take them home, cows, chickens, sweet scent of incense, murmured prayers, a fragrant pulsing sea, a dancing humanity.
Hypnotized by this colorful spectacle, we had not noticed them at first. Like feathers carried by a gentle breeze, four young women appeared before us. The eldest, not more than thirty, held a four-year-old in her arms, while the other two, aged eight and ten, stood beside her. They surrounded us, smiles bright on their faces, and we smiled back.
The tiny hands of the little one dove into his beard, while the other two grasped my right hand, tracing the lines of my palm with their delicate fingers. I was speechless.
After a rapid exchange of words I couldn’t grasp, the eldest asked one sister to translate for me.
Do you work?
Meeting her dark eyes, my hand captured in her. I nodded.
What? This hand? Ahh… You no work!
It all became clear. Grinning and gesturing like a monkey, I explained that I work more with my mind than with my hands.
A long silence, broken by uproarious laughter, replied to me. They not only doubted me, they laughed at me. I was astonished. Eyes wide open, my captive hand, I joined them.
Moments later, the eldest, gentle yet firm, passed me the little one in her arms.. I crossed their circle of trust. We had become sisters.

© Giulia Iacolutti, Un suono per ogni tempo, Festiva dei Saraceni di Pamparato 2013

© Elisa Paolucci Giannettoni, Fifa World Cup 2022, Al Khor Fan Zone, Qatar

Aspire International Kite Festival 2018, Doha, Qatar

Event director, producer and manager, she trained in Italy, Spain, France and Switzerland.
In 2024 she approached the world of cinema as producer.
From twenty years, she curates and realises events for the Dubai Governement Turist department in the U.A.E. She worked in Saudi Arabia for the Jeddah Season (2022) and the Rose Festival in Taif (2019). She has been entertainment manager  for an official Fan Zone for the FiFa World Cup in Qatar (2022). At the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin she partecipated as Award Ceremonies manager.
She created and organised the Valmarecchia Festival (2010/2014), directed the Festival dei Saraceni in Pamparato (2011/2015), and in 2014 collaborated as organizing director with the International Chamber Music Festival in Cervo.
She collaborated as production manager with the Fondazione Campania dei Festival for the Napoli Teatro Festival and the Teatro di San Carlo (2008/2010). She speaks Spanish, English, French and Catalan. 
Sha has strong ability to work under pressure and in a multicultural context, problem solving and decision making skills. Tenacity. Leadership. Job management and planning skills Proven experience in team building and managing 
Her work excel in terms of accuracy and attention to details, creativity and flexibility.

Fifa World Cup 2022, Al Khor Fan Zone, Qatar

Festival internazionale di musica da camera di Cervo 2014

Jeddah Season 2022, Pier Park, KSA

Special Olympics World Games 2023, Berlin