The Opening programme

Day 1

THURSDAY JULY 16th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at- autolinee toscane
10am-8pm | From Camucia station to Porta Colonia

BOOKSHOP, OTM Academy AND SPAZIO OFF
4pm-8pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Bookshop curated by Leporello photobooks et al.
Book presentations and Booksignings

s.t. senza titolo, Guest project

SPAZIO OFF with Innova, Ciquadro, Artglass by Groglass and Centerchrome

OTM Academy with Accademia Italiana, NID Perugia, Studio Marangoni and Istituto Italiano di Fotografia

STUDIO RITRATTI
4pm-8pm | LOGGIA DEL TEATRO
Daniele Ratti’s photography studio: a studio space curated by Edera, featuring photographs printed by Cewe’s Foto Stazione with the support of the students of Fondazione Studio Marangoni

OPENING
6pm | PIAZZA SIGNORELLI
Opening conference

FREE ACCESS EXHIBITIONS OPENING

7:30pm-9pm | PALAZZO BALDELLI/PALAZZO ANDERINI – GILI

PALAZZO BALDELLI
Perfect beauty – Candida Höfer
Failed postcards from Napoli – Kourtney Roy
Songs of a Lost World – Botto&Bruno
Cosmogonies – Antonio Biasiucci
The transformation of modern cities – Gabriele Basilico
Le Monde Ou Rien (The world or nothing) – Angelo Leonardo
Dioramas – Sohei Nishino
Stromboli (Terra di Dio) – Federico Patellani and Skin of Lava – Chiara Indelicato. The exhibition dedicated to Federico Patellani is presented in collaboration with MUNAF — the National Museum of Photography — courtesy of the heirs of Federico Patellani and the Lombardy Region
Rest stop. Italy Through the Lens of the Eni archives – AA.VV
Battle Royale – Federica Sasso
The border I am. With Médecins Sans Frontières: journey, waiting and care – Francesco Anselmi
G.R. GRACE RECEIVED – Paolo Ventura
Reversed Landscape – Silvia Camporesi
Bingo – Jason Fulford
Realpolitik – Marco P. Valli e Luca Santese
In search of the wolf and the saint – Yago Soria. In collaboration with Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
At Italo’s house – Fotoromanzo Italiano
Video-Stadium – Paola Di Bello
In Lidiput – Moira Ricci
Groundswell Project – Co-funded by the European Union and realized in collaboration with Photo Museum Ireland, FOTOHOF and Imago Lisboa.

PALAZZO ANDERINI – GILI
Italian Story – Andrea Modica
Sonata – Aaron Schuman

DINNER

9.30pm-11pm | PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
(Reserved to Full pass owners)
wines offered by Consorzio Vini Cortona

Day 2

FRIDAY JULY 17th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10am-6:30pm | From Camucia station to Porta Colonia

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
10am-1:30pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Portfolio reviews with national and international experts

BOOKSHOP, OTM Academy AND SPAZIO OFF
10am-6pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Bookshop curated by Leporello photobooks et al.
Book presentations and Booksignings

s.t. senza titolo, Guest project

SPAZIO OFF with Innova, Ciquadro, Artglass by Groglass and Centerchrome

OTM Academy with Accademia Italiana, NID Perugia, Studio Marangoni and Istituto Italiano di Fotografia

STUDIO RITRATTI
11am-1pm, 3pm-6pm | LOGGIA DEL TEATRO
Daniele Ratti’s photography studio: a studio space curated by Edera, featuring photographs printed by Cewe’s Foto Stazione with the support of the students of Fondazione Studio Marangoni

BOOKS PRESENTATION
(Free access)
10am-1pm, 3pm-6pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
10am-11am Guilty Grounds, Steffi Reimers with Daria Scolamacchia
11am-12pm Der Sturm, Paolo Ventura with Daria Scolamacchia
12pm-1pm Una foto è una foto è una foto, Silvia Camporesi with Carola Allemandi
3pm-4pm Pietraia, Jacopo Benassi, Giulia Cenci and Antonio Grulli with Carola Allemandi
4pm-5pm Scrittura obliqua. Fotografia e poesia with Davide Rondoni, Michele Nastasi, Paolo Ventura, Luca Campigotto, Matteo Balduzzi
5pm-6pm Italian Story, Andrea Modica with Daria Scolamacchia, Gianluca and Gianmarco Gamberini (L’Artiere)

GUIDED TOURS WITH THE AUTHORS
(Reserved to tickets of the festival, Full, Weekend and VIP pass owners)

Each guided tour will be followed by the booksignings at Palazzo Vagnotti

10am-1pm | PALAZZO BALDELLI
10am-10:30am Songs of a Lost World – Botto&Bruno with Carola Allemandi
10:30am-11am Reversed Landscape – Silvia Camporesi
11am-11:30am Realpolitik – Marco P. Valli and Luca Santese
11:30am-12pm In search of the wolf and the saint – Yago Soria
12pm-12:30pm Failed postcards from Napoli – Kourtney Roy
12:30pm-1pm G.R. GRACE RECEIVED – Paolo Ventura
1pm-1:30pm In Lidiput – Moira Ricci

2:30pm-5:30pm | PALAZZO BALDELLI
2:30pm-3pm Video-Stadium – Paola Di Bello
3pm-3:30pm At Italo’s house – Fotoromanzo Italiano
3:30pm-4pm Battle Royale – Federica Sasso and Emanuele Amighetti (curator)
4pm-4:30pm Under the Volcano with Chiara Indelicato and Renata Ferri (Artistic director COTM)
4:30pm-5pm Rest stop. Italy Through the Lens of the Eni archives with Lucia Nardi (Responsabile Cultura d’impresa Eni) and Renata Ferri (Artistic director COTM)
5pm-5:30pm Milano at the edges with Giovanna Calvenzi, Angelo Leonardo and Renata Ferri
5:30pm-6pm The border I am. With Médecins Sans Frontières: journey, waiting and care – Francesco Anselmi
6pm-6:30pm Cosmogonies – Antonio Biasiucci

TALKS
(Free access)
All the festival talks will have a simultaneous interpretation service

3pm-6pm | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
3pm – 3:50pm Memory as a Cultural Practice with Claudia Baroncini (Director Fondazione Alinari per la fotografia), Barbara Costa (Head of Archivio Storico, Intesa Sanpaolo), Lucia Nardi (Responsabile Cultura d’impresa Eni) moderated by Gabriella Guerci (Production Director MUNAF)
4pm-4:50pm The border I am. With Médecins Sans Frontières: travel, waiting, and care with Annalisa Camilli (journalist), Francesco Anselmi (photographer), Silvia Mancini (Humanitarian Affairs Manager, MSF), moderated by Daria Scolamacchia (COTM Curatorial Producer)
5pm-5:50pm Paparazzi with Rino Barillari and Michele Smargiassi (journalist)

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
6:30pm-1am | From Porta Colonia to Fortezza del Girifalco

OPENING AND GUIDED TOURS
(Free access)
6:15pm | PARTERRE
Paparazzi, with Rino Barillari and Renata Ferri

6:45pm | VIA CRUCIS AND FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
(Free access)
When the night falls – Luca Campigotto
Meeting Point: Corner of Via Santa Margherita and Via Nazionale
We invite you to proceed to the Fortezza del Girifalco through Via Crucis

7:30pm-9pm | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
(Reserved to tickets of the festival, Full, Weekend and VIP pass owners)
7:30pm-8:00pm Holy Week – Giulia Mangione and Ivan Carozzi. Project conceived and implemented in partnership with at – autolinee toscane
8pm-9pm Peninsula – An original project by Cortona On The Move conceived by Renata Ferri and produced in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, Gallerie d’Italia and Fondazione CR Firenze with Arianna Arcara, Fabio Barile, Marina Caneve, Federico Clavarino, Matteo de Mayda, Giorgio Di Noto, Alessandro Imbriaco, Rachele Maistrello and Giovanna Silva.
9pm-9:30pm The Countryside of Ancient Rome – Joel Sternfeld

EXHIBITIONS OPENING
(Reserved to tickets of the festival, Full, Weekend and VIP pass owners)
7:30pm-9pm | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
Stella inquieta (Restless star) – Mattia Balsamini, Raffaele Panizza
Guilty Grounds – Steffi Reimers
The Islanders – Alys Tomlinson
OverTourism – Alessandro Toscano

9:30pm | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
Aperitif reserved to Full and Weekend pass owners

Followed by, with free access
Fabrizio Vatieri, T.W.L.G.H.S.T.S., Performance, 2026

11pm | at – the party in collaboration with at – autolinee toscane
DJ SET Ghiaccioli e Branzini

Day 3

SATURDAY JULY 18th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10am-6:30pm | From Camucia Railway Station to Porta Colonia and up to the Girifalco Fortress

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
10am-1:30pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Portfolio reviews with national and international experts

BOOKSHOP, OTM Academy AND SPAZIO OFF
10am-6pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Bookshop curated by Leporello photobooks et al.
Book presentations and Booksignings

s.t. senza titolo, Guest project

SPAZIO OFF with Innova, Ciquadro, Artglass by Groglass and Centerchrome

OTM Academy with Accademia Italiana, NID Perugia, Studio Marangoni and Istituto Italiano di Fotografia

BOOKS PRESENTATION
(Free access)
10am-1pm, 3pm-6pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
10am-11am Hidden collections, Giorgio Di Noto with Carola Allemandi
11am-12pm Aprire lo sguardo, Alessandra Mauro with Carola Allemandi
12pm-1pm Lasciamo immagini dietro di noi, Giorgio Barrera with Carola Allemandi
3pm-4pm Replaced, Diana Markosian with Antonio Carloni
4pm-5pm Altera Italia, Alessia Rollo with Chiara Capodici
5pm-6pm Gli Isolani, Alys Tomlinson with Daria Scolamacchia

GUIDED TOURS TO THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS
(Reserved to tickets of the festival, Full, Weekend and VIP pass owners)

Each guided tour will be followed by the booksignings at Palazzo Vagnotti

10am-11:30am | PALAZZO BALDELLI
10am-10:30am Perfect beauty – Renata Ferri for Candida Höfer
10:30am-11am Bingo – Jason Fulford
11am-11:30am Dioramas – Sohei Nishino

12pm-1pm | PALAZZO ANDERINI-GILI
12pm-12:30pm Sonata – Aaron Schuman
12:30pm-1pm Italian Story – Andrea Modica

3pm-5pm | FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO
3pm-3:30pm Stella Inquieta (Restless star) – Mattia Balsamini and Raffaele Panizza
3:30pm-4pm The Islanders – Alys Tomlinson
4pm-4:30pm Guilty Grounds – Steffi Reimers
4:30m-5pm OverTourism – Alessandro Toscano

5pm-6pm | PALAZZO BALDELLI
5pm-5:30pm Bone Foam, Groundswell Project – Maria Oliveira
5:30pm-6pm A Burning Landscape, Groundswell Project – Gonçalo Fonseca

TALKS
Free access
3pm-6:30pm | TEATRO SIGNORELLI
All the festival talks will have a simultaneous interpretation service

3pm-3:30pm Awards Premio Vittoria Castagna
3:30pm-4:30pm TerraProject + Wu Ming = 20 YEARS A talk by TerraProject with Wu Ming 2 looking back on the collective’s 20 years of work in Italy, moderated by Renata Ferri (Artistic Director COTM)
4:30pm-5:30pm Is landscape a narrative? with the photographers Aaron Schuman, Jason Fulford, moderated by Federico Clavarino (photographer)
5:30pm-6:30pm Peninsula with Matteo Balduzzi (curator MUNAF) and the photographers Arianna Arcara, Fabio Barile, Marina Caneve, Federico Clavarino, Matteo de Mayda, Giorgio Di Noto, Alessandro Imbriaco, Rachele Maistrello and Giovanna Silva moderated by Renata Ferri (Artistic Director COTM).

OTM ACADEMY WORKSHOP
6pm-7:30pm | STAZIONE C
Shooting Noise with Mattia Zoppellaro, in collaboration with MPB
(Exclusive to workshop participants)

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at- autolinee toscane
6:30pm-9pm | From Porta Colonia to Stazione C

OPENING AND GUIDED TOUR
(Free access)
7:30pm-8pm | STAZIONE C
Rave. The last counterculture with Mattia Zoppellaro and Chiara Fossati

9:30pm-11pm | PIAZZA SIGNORELLI
Giorgio Poi concert with string ensemble, free access
Followed by DJ SET Juni
Event co-organized with Cautha and supported by Banca Popolare di Cortona, HTT, Impresa Edile Magini and Cacio brillo

Day 4

SUNDAY JULY 19th

COTM FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY at – autolinee toscane
10am-8pm | From Stazione C to Porta Colonia to Fortezza del Girifalco

BOOKSHOP, OTM Academy AND SPAZIO OFF
10am-6pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Bookshop curated by Leporello photobooks et al.
Book presentations and Booksignings

s.t. senza titolo, Guest project

SPAZIO OFF with Innova, Ciquadro, Artglass by Groglass and Centerchrome

OTM Academy with Accademia Italiana, NID Perugia, Studio Marangoni and Istituto Italiano di Fotografia

STUDIO RITRATTI
11am-1pm | LOGGIA DEL TEATRO
Daniele Ratti’s photography studio: a studio space curated by Edera, featuring photographs printed by Cewe’s Foto Stazione with the support of the students of Fondazione Studio Marangoni

BOOKS PRESENTATION
(Free access)
10am-1pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
10:00-11:00 The Pixel, Francesca Seravalle with Daria Scolamacchia
11:00-12:00 The Lines We Draw, Lavinia Parlamenti and Manfredi Pantanella with Chiara Capodici
12:00-13:00 Cara Foresta, Guido Gazzilli with Daria Scolamacchia

GUIDED TOURS FOR FAMILIES
(Free admission with advance booking required at Palazzo Baldelli)
10am-1pm Meeting Point Palazzo Baldelli
4pm-6pm Meeting Point Fortezza del Girifalco

GUIDED TOURS WITH THE AUTHORS AND AWARDS
10am-11:30am Scuole di fotografia, OTM Academy | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Award of the Borsa di Studio Peninsula in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi

OTM ACADEMY WORKSHOP
11:30am – 1:30pm | PALAZZO VAGNOTTI
Shooting Noise with Mattia Zoppellaro, in collaboration with MPB
(Exclusive to workshop participants)

LOCATIONS

Exhibitions
PALAZZO BALDELLI | Vicolo Boni 7
PALAZZO ANDERINI – GILI Via Santucci 17
GIARDINI DEL PARTERRE
VIA CRUCIS | Via Santa Margherita
FORTEZZA DEL GIRIFALCO | Via di Fortezza
LARGO BEATO ANGELICO
STAZIONE C | Stazione di Camucia, Piazza della Libertà

Events
Piazza Signorelli
Fortezza del Girifalco

Talks
Teatro Signorelli, Piazza Signorelli

Portfolio Reviews, Pop Up Bookshop, OTM Academy Exhibitions and Workshop, Spazio OFF
PALAZZO VAGNOTTI, Via Vagnotti,4

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