Obscura Ulm

Schillerstraße 1, 89077 Ulm

The Obscura on Schillerstrasse in Ulm takes its name from the camera obscura, the optical ancestor of all cinema -- a fitting choice for a venue whose programming tends toward the independent and experimental. Positioned in the broader Ulm-Neu-Ulm cinema ecosystem alongside the Mephisto and the Dietrich Theater, the Obscura occupies the niche of adventurous, smaller-scale film exhibition. Ulm's tradition of forward-looking design, exemplified by the HfG Ulm school that helped define post-war German industrial aesthetics, extends to its cinema culture. The Obscura, quiet and unassuming, is where that tradition meets the projected image.