Cinema ta Nijar ta fara ne a cikin shekarun 1940 tare da shirin fim na ƙabilanci na darektan Faransa Jean Rouch, kafin ya girma ya zama ɗayan al'adun fina-finai na ƙasa mafi ƙarfi a cikin Faransanci na Afirka a shekarun 1960 zuwa 70 tare da aikin masu yin fim kamar Oumarou Ganda, Moustapha Alassane. da Gatta Abdourahamne . Masana'antar ta ɗan ragu kaɗan tun daga shekarun 1980, kodayake ana ci gaba da yin finafinai a cikin ƙasar, tare da fitattun daraktoci na shekarun da suka gabata da suka haɗa da Mahamane Bakabe, Inoussa Ousseini, Mariama Hima, Moustapha Diop da Rahmatou Keïta. Ba kamar makwabciyarta Najeriya ba, tare da bunƙasa masana’antar fina -finan Hausa da Ingilishi, yawancin finafinan Nijar ana yin su da Faransanci tare da ƙasashen Faransanci a matsayin babbar kasuwarsu, yayin da ayyuka da fina-finan nishaɗi masu sauƙi daga Najeriya ko aka yi wa lakabi da fina -finan yamma sun cika yawancin gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na Nijar. Fina-finan Nijar na farko an yi su ne a cikin shekarun 1940, lokacin Nijar tana ƙarƙashin ikon Faransa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Faransa ta Yammacin Afirka .