Tarihin sinima a Eritrea ya samo asali ne tun lokacin mulkin mallaka na kasar a karkashin Masarautar Italiya . Dangane da bunƙasar silima ta Italiya a shekarun 1930, haka ma tashin fim ya faru a Asmara, Eritrea. A cikin 1937, Opera na Asmara ya koma gidan wasan kwaikwayo da sinima mai amfani biyu. A shekara mai zuwa, Asmara tana da gidajen finafinai guda tara. An fara shirya fim na coci na ƴan mishan a Italiya a cikin aikin 1922 da aka samar a cikin ƙasar ta ruhohin Capuchin masu haɗin gwiwa tare da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka. Duk da 'yancin kai na ƙasar, har yanzu ana nuna fina -finan fina -finai a Eritrea galibi a cikin fina -finan Ingilishi da Italiyanci. Eva Nera (1953) [it] kamar Eva Nera an samar da shi a Eritrea kuma an nuna al'adu da bambance -bambance tsakanin mutanen Eritrea. Giuliano Tomei ne ya jagoranta, an ba da labarin ta hanyar kallon Domenico Meccoli . Tasirin Turawa ya ci gaba har zuwa yau, kamar "Makonnin Fina -Finan Turai", waɗanda aka yi kowace shekara tsawon shekaru 15 da suka gabata.