Pitigliano – 26–30 August 2026

The International Festival of Resistance Literature – Guilty of Resistance – returns to Pitigliano.
Organised by the Strade Bianche Association, in collaboration with Pitigliano Municipal Library and under the patronage of the local council

26 August
5.00 pm Opening of the exhibition ‘Osvaldo Paggi’s Publishing Utopia’
Followed by the opening of the exhibition “101”
6.00 pm Presentation of the book “Crescere con i libri” by Daniela Piretti

27 August
5.00 pm “The White Disease” by Karel Čapek
6.00 pm “Wings” by Yukio Mishima
7.00 pm “A Pain That Makes No Sound: My Multiple Sclerosis” by Simone dell’Ampio
9.00 pm “Adriano Landi Sets Xäxan to Music” by Benjamin Christensen

28 August
5.00 pm “The Partisan and the Actor” by Emiliano Pacini
6.00 pm “Ezio Lombardi, a man from Grosseto murdered at the Fosse Ardeatine” by Franco Dominici
7.00 pm “A Twenty-Year Journey” by the Yairaiha Association, followed by “Prisoner Words” by Maria Brucale
9.00 pm Presentation of the album “Political Issue” by the Electric Sheep Collective

29 August
5.00 pm “Three for One: Three Books by One Writer” by Alessandro Paronuzzi
6.00 pm “Spoon River Anthology” by Edgar Lee Masters
9.00 pm “Sante” by Alessandro Meo, “Rebel, Rebel: 3 Maps of Musical Resistance” and “DJ set” with Seedstudioandrecords

30 August
5.00 pm Presentation of the report “Diritto, non crimine” with Francesco Martone
6.30 pm “I Ribellicanti”
9.00 pm 5th Festival of Art-House Short Films, curated by Niccolò Gentili and Daniela Piretti

Throughout the Festival at Le Macerie:
Children’s workshops organised by Daniela Piretti
Tommaso Terraneo’s Secure Second-hand Book Stall
Riccardo Bertini’s Vinyl Record Stall
El Topo’s Rare Prints and Books Stall