The Opening programme

Buy your PASS now so you don’t miss out on all the exclusive events, dinners, aperitifs and moments of entertainment that await you in Cortona from 17 July!

Day 1

THURSDAY JULY 17th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10.00-20.00 | From Camucia-Cortona train station to Porta Colonia, Piazza Mazzini

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
10:00-13:30 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Portfolio reviews with national and international experts

COTM POP UP BOOKSHOP
10:00 – 20:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
In collaboration with VolumebK

POP UP EXHIBITION
10:00 – 20:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Martin Parr – Wow! Curated by Jan von Holleben for Kids❤️Photography

SPAZIO OFF
10:00-20:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Photographic Printing and Paper with Center Chrome and Innova

OPENING
18:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Opening conference

Followed by
Vittoria Castagna Award with Veronica Nicolardi (Director Cortona On The Move), Nicola Tiezzi (President Associazione Culturale ONTHEMOVE), Linda Gobbi, Francesco Morace and Franco Bernelli

Succeeded by an aperitif offered by Consorzio Vini Cortona and the free-admission inauguration of all the exhibitions on display in the historic center of the town.

EXHIBITIONS OPENING

19:30-21:00 | OPENING WITH FREE ADMISSION TO THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS:

PALAZZO BALDELLI
L’occhio coloniale | In collaboration with Archivio Storico Luce, Archivio Memorie Coloniali-MOXA, Maaza Mengiste
W.M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate – Order/Chaos – Photographs of American Groups 1865-1965
Patrick Waterhouse – Restricted Images – Made with the Warlpiri of Central Australia
Federico Vespignani – Short-term, but Long-term
Parisa Azadi – Ordinary Grief
Mika Sperling – I Have Done Nothing Wrong
Vic Bakin – Epitome
Ray Banhoff – Supersosia
Edoardo Delille & Giulia Piermartiri – Atlas of the New World | Conceived and produced in partnership with at – autolinee toscane | The Amilcare G. Ponchielli winning project – 20th edition | In collaboration with GRIN – Gruppo Redattori Iconografici Nazionale | With the support of WeWorld Onlus
Yael Martinez – Echoes of Uncertain Silence | With Médecins Sans Frontières along the migration route in Mexico
Maria Abranches – Maria | Winning project of the third edition of the COTM Award
Maya Valencia – Ca Sa Padrina – Letter to my Grandmother’s House | In collaboration with Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
OTM Academy. Photography schools in Cortona: Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, NID – Nuovo Istituto Design, Accademia Italiana, Laba Firenze

CORTILE DI PALAZZO CASALI
Sosta Palmizi. il Cortile 1985-2025

PHOTO BOOTH
19:30-21:00 | PALAZZO BALDELLI 1st floor
Have your portrait taken in a setting altered by the climate crisis alongside students from Cortona On The Move’s partner photography schools. In this special photo booth, made possible by Autolinee Toscane, Sony cameras will capture your image and your face will be merged with a future landscape marked by the extreme effects of environmental change. This visual projection makes tangible what is in danger of becoming reality. Like the work AOTNW by Edordo Delille and Giulia Piermartiri, you will become the protagonist of a scenario that can still be averted. You will then be able to take home the printed image, courtesy of CEWE, as a powerful keepsake.

OPENING DINNER RESERVED TO COTM PASS OWNERS
21:00 | PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
In case of rain the dinner will be at Ostello San Marco

Day 2

FRIDAY JULY 18th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10.00-17.30 | From Camucia-Cortona train station to Porta Colonia, Piazza Mazzini
17.30-24.00 | From Porta Colonia, Cortona to the Girifalco Fortress

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
10:00-13:30 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Portfolio reviews with national and international experts

COTM POP UP BOOKSHOP
10:00 – 20:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
In collaboration with VolumebK

POP UP EXHIBITION
10:00 – 20:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Martin Parr – Wow! Curated by Jan von Holleben for Kids❤️Photography

SPAZIO OFF
10:00-18:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Photographic Printing and Paper with Center Chrome and Innova

PHOTO BOOTH
11:00-13:00/15:00-17:30 | PALAZZO BALDELLI 1st floor
Have your portrait taken in a setting altered by the climate crisis alongside students from Cortona On The Move’s partner photography schools. In this special photo booth, made possible by Autolinee Toscane, Sony cameras will capture your image and your face will be merged with a future landscape marked by the extreme effects of environmental change. This visual projection makes tangible what is in danger of becoming reality. Like the work AOTNW by Edordo Delille and Giulia Piermartiri, you will become the protagonist of a scenario that can still be averted. You will then be able to take home the printed image, courtesy of CEWE, as a powerful keepsake.

GUIDED TOURS WITH THE AUTHORS
(Reserved to tickets of the festival and pass COTM owners)

10:00-13:00 | PALAZZO BALDELLI
10:00 Mika Sperling – I Have Done Nothing Wrong | Alongside the guided tour, there will also be a book signing
10:30 Edoardo Delille & Giulia Piermartiri – Atlas of the New World | Conceived and produced in partnership with at – autolinee toscane | The Amilcare G. Ponchielli winning project – 20th edition | In collaboration with GRIN – Gruppo Redattori Iconografici Nazionale | With the support of WeWorld Onlus
11:00 Federico Vespignani – Short-term, but Long-term
11:30 W.M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate – Order/Chaos – Photographs of American Groups 1865-1965
12:00 Parisa Azadi – Ordinary Grief
12:30 Yael Martinez – Echoes of Uncertain Silence | With Médecins Sans Frontières along the migration route in Mexico
13:00 Vic Bakin – Epitome with Kublaiklan (Photography Curators Cortona On The Move)

15:00-17:00 | PALAZZO BALDELLI
15:00 L’occhio coloniale | In collaboration with Archivio Storico Luce, Archivio Memorie Coloniali-MOXA, Maaza Mengiste with Paolo Woods (Artistic Director Cortona On The Move) e Kublaiklan (Photography Curators Cortona On The Move)
15:30 Maria Abranches – Maria | Winning project of the third edition of the COTM Award
16:00 Maya Valencia – Ca Sa Padrina – Letter to my Grandmother’s House | In collaboration with Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
16:30 Ray Banhoff – Supersosia

BOOK SIGNINGS
15:00-17:30 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI

15.00-15.30 MARIA with Maria Abranches
15.30-16.00 SuperNatural e Homecoming with Paolo Cagnacci and Irene Alison and presentation of the project Rifugio Digitale
16.00-16.30 Blood Bonds: Reconciliation in Post Genocide Rwanda with Jan Banning
16.30-17.00 When I feel down I take a train to the Happy Valley with Pierfrancesco Celada
17.00-17.30 Short-term, but long-term 🥂 + EN LA VIA with Federico Vespignani

OPENING AND GUIDED TOURS
Meeting Point: Garden Access

17:00 | GIARDINI DEL PARTERRE
Patrick Waterhouse – Restricted Images – Made with the Warlpiri of Central Australia

VIA CRUCIS
Photographic exhibition – 15 Years Together
We invite you to proceed to the Fortezza del Girifalco through Via Crucis where you’ll find images recounting 15 years of COTM

18.00-21:00 | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
(Reserved to tickets of the festival and pass COTM owners)

18.00 Cronache d’acqua – Immagini dal Sud Italia with Cosimo Calabrese, Roselena Ramistella, Valeria Cherchi, Eleonora D’Angelo | A Cortona On The Move production in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo and Gallerie d’Italia
18.30 Jan Banning – Blood Bonds: Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda | With the contribution of Mondriaan Foundation
19.00 Taysir Batniji – Distance & Belonging
19.30 Pia-Paulina Guilmoth – Flowers Drink the River with Kublaiklan (Photography Curators Cortona On The Move)
20.00 Simona Kossak: Born to Be Wild – Photographs by Lech Wilczek with Ida Matysek. With the support of Istituto Polacco di Roma
20.30 Alfredo Jaar – Inferno & Paradiso | Co-produced in collaboration with Photo Elysée, Museum for Photography, Lausanne

21:00 | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
Aperitif reserved to Guest and Weekend pass owners

Followed by Katzuma DJ set in collaboration with Men/Go

Day 3

SATURDAY JULY 19th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10.00-18.00 | From Camucia-Cortona train station to Porta Colonia, Piazza Mazzini and to Fortezza del Girifalco
18.00-19.00 | From Porta Colonia, Cortona to Camucia-Cortona station
19.00-20.00 | From Camucia-Cortona train station to Parco Archeologico
20.00-20.30 | From Parco Archeologico to Porta Colonia

COTM POP UP BOOKSHOP
10:00 – 18:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
In collaboration with VolumebK

POP UP EXHIBITION
10:00 – 20:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Martin Parr – Wow! Curated by Jan von Holleben for Kids❤️Photography

SPAZIO OFF
10:00-18:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Photographic Printing and Paper with Center Chrome and Innova

COTM for Kids
11.00 | POP UP BOOKSHOP, LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
A photography workshop for children ages six and up, curated by La Casa sull’Albero (Arezzo).
Exercises in Wonder.
Who? What? When? Where?
There are so many questions that can arise from Martin Parr’s photographs.
In this workshop, children will be encouraged to create stories inspired by images from Wow, OTM Company, giving a voice—through symbols and speech balloons—to the hilarious subjects captured by the British artist.
Participation requires a contribution of €5 for the first child and €3 for any siblings.
Maximum number of participants: 20.
Booking is required via email.

OTM ACADEMY: PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOLS IN CORTONA
10:00-12:00 | PALAZZO BALDELLI
GUIDED TOURS TO THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS:
(Reserved to tickets of the festival and pass COTM owners)

OTM Academy. Photography Schools in Cortona: Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, NID – Nuovo Istituto Design, Accademia Italiana, Laba Firenze. Introduced by Veronica Nicolardi (Director Cortona On The Move).

ROUND TABLE
12:00-13:30 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Double exposure: photography and science to tell the story of climate change
With Stefano Mancuso (Plant neurobiologist and Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology), the photographers Cosimo Calabrese, Valeria Cherchi, Eleonora D’Angelo, Edoardo Delille, Alessandro Grassani (Sony Ambassador), Giulia Piermartiri, Roselena Ramistella, Antonio Carloni (Deputy Director Gallerie d’Italia-Torino), Tommaso Rosa (Marketing & Communication Director at – autolinee toscane), moderated by Gea Scancarello (journalist)
Simultaneous interpretation service

OTM ACADEMY WORKSHOP
14:30-19:30 | PALAZZO LA MODERNA
On the Road – Photography as storytelling
Workshop with Andrea Frazzetta
Organised by OTM Academy in collaboration with Sony and with the contribution of Fondazione CR Firenze

BOOK SIGNINGS
15:00-18:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI

15.00 – 15.30 Atlas of the New World with Edoardo Delille, Giulia Piermartiri, Tommaso Rosa (Marketing & Communication Director at – autolinee toscane), Gianmarco Gamberini and Gianluca Gamberini (Founders L’Artiere)
15.30-16.00 Restricted Images. Made With the Warlpiri of Central Australia with Patrick Waterhouse
16.00-16.30 Borderlands with Francesco Anselmi and Renata Ferri
16.30-17.00 Inferno & Paradiso with Alfredo Jaar, Gianmarco Gamberini and Gianluca Gamberini (Founders L’Artiere)
17.00-17.30 Fanzine with Ray Banhoff
17.30-18.00 The Passenger Ship with Chiara Ruberti and Emanuele Camerini

TALKS
15:00-17.00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
All the festival talks will have a simultaneous interpretation service

15.00 Inferno & Paradiso
With Alfredo Jaar (artist), Nathalie Herschdorfer (Curator and Director, Photo Elysée, Museum for Photography, Lausanne), Paolo Woods (Artistic Director, COTM) and the photographers Darcy Padilla, Anastasia Taylor-Lind.

16.00 Racconti dalla Rotta Migratoria in Messico con Medici Senza Frontiere
Andrea Milluzzi (journalist) in conversation with Yael Martinez (photographer), Silvia Dallatomasina (Former MSF Deputy Director General for Mexico), Paolo Woods (Artistic Director COTM). Introduced by Veronica Nicolardi (Director Cortona On The Move)

PROJECTIONS AND AWARDS
17:00-18:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI

Cortona On The Move | BarTur Grant with Veronica Nicolardi (Director Cortona On The Move), Paolo Woods (Artistic Director Cortona On The Move), Amnon BarTur (Founder The BarTur Award), François Hébel (ICP’s Director at Large), Nathalie Herschdorfer (Curator and Director, Museum Photo Elysée), Lars Lindemann (International Projects Curator Cortona On The Move)

OPENING AND GUIDED TOURs
(Reserved to tickets of the festival and pass COTM owners)

18:30-19.00 | STAZIONE C
Family Trilogy
Guided tour and presentation with Christopher Anderson & Marion Durand

19.30-20:00 | PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO DI CORTONA
Laura Pannack – Valdichiana On The Move | Project designed for VALDICHIANA2025 Tuscan Capital of Culture
Guided tour and presentation with Veronica Nicolardi (Director COTM) and Edo Zacchei (President Unione dei Comuni Valdichiana Senese)

22:00 | PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA
COTM Party 15 years of Cortona On The Move
Dj-set by Roberto Target

Day 4

SUNDAY JULY 20th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10.00-20.00 | From Camucia-Cortona station to Porta Colonia, Piazza Mazzini and to Fortezza del Girifalco

COTM POP UP BOOKSHOP
10:00 – 19:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
In collaboration with VolumebK

POP UP EXHIBITION
10:00 – 20:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Martin Parr – Wow! Curated by Jan von Holleben for Kids❤️Photography

SPAZIO OFF
10:00-19:00 | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
Photographic Printing and Paper with Center Chrome and Innova

BOOK SIGNINGS
11:00-13:00 | LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI
11.00 – 11.30 Black Basket Castel Volturno with Simone Carolei
11.30 – 12.00 Sovversivi e sovversive. Storia, memoria e cura. with Michele Lapini
12.00 – 12.30 Via Appia. with Andrea Frazzetta
12.30 – 13.00 Un luogo bello. with Alessandro Mallamaci

OTM ACADEMY WORKSHOP
9:30 – 13:00 / 14:30-19:30 | PALAZZO LA MODERNA
From light to colour: Light, Shoot, Grade
Workshop with Filippo Chiesa and Alessandro Bernardi dedicated to photographers who want to explore the power of the moving image.
Organised by OTM Academy in collaboration with Sony

GUIDED TOUR
Free access
12:00 | CORTILE PALAZZO CASALI
Sosta Palmizi. il Cortile 1985-2025 with Giorgio Rossi (Artistic Director Sosta Palmizi) and Veronica Nicolardi (Director Cortona On The Move)

LOCATIONS

Events
PIAZZA SIGNORELLI
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA

Talks and Portfolio Reviews
TEATRO SIGNORELLI | Piazza Signorelli

Booksigning
LOGGE DEL TEATRO SIGNORELLI | Piazza Signorelli

SPAZIO OFF
Teatro Signorelli

Ticket Office, Bookshop, Infopoint
COTM STORE | Palazzo Baldelli, Vicolo Boni 7
FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO | Via di Fortezza

OTM Academy Workshop
Palazzo La Moderna, Via Maffei 9, Cortona