Studio des Ursulines, Independent cinema in Latin Quarter, France
Studio des Ursulines is a small independent theater in a historic Parisian building in the 5th arrondissement with a single screen and roughly 120 seats. The venue shows art films, experimental works, and cinema classics throughout the year.
Founded in 1926, this venue was France's first dedicated space for avant-garde cinema. It became an important platform for experimental film artists and helped shape modern cinema culture in Paris.
The space draws film lovers and students who gather to watch works unavailable in mainstream cinemas across the city. Visitors experience a community focused on cinema as an art form rather than commercial entertainment.
The cinema is at 10 Rue des Ursulines, reached by RER B at Luxembourg or metro line 7 at Place Monge. The single screen has a balcony where seats sit within about three metres of the screen. The facade on the street is the original one, with the carved inscription "STUDIO DES URSULINES" above the three doorways.
On 9 February 1928 the cinema premiered Germaine Dulac's La Coquille et le Clergyman, scripted by Antonin Artaud. Surrealists led by André Breton and Louis Aragon disrupted the screening, a fight broke out and the projection was stopped. Armand Tallier did not call the police and showed the film again a few weeks later.
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