Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya na ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe masu fama da talauci a duniya kuma masana'antar shirya fina -finai ta ƙasar ƙarama ce. Fim na farko da aka yi a CAR da alama Les enfants de la danse, wani ɗan gajeren shirin tsara al'adun gargajiya na Faransa na 1945. Joseph Akouissone shi ne dan Afirka ta Tsakiya na farko da ya fara yin fim a kasar, tare da shirinsa na fim na Un homme est un homme; shirye -shiryen bidiyo da Léonie Yangba Zowe suka yi a shekarun 1980. Tun daga wannan lokacin jerin rikice-rikicen da ke gudana da rikice-rikicen tattalin arziki sun takaita ci gaban shirin fim a cikin kasar. Wasan kwaikwayo na farko mai tsayi da aka yi a cikin ƙasar shine Le silence de la forêt, haɗin gwiwar CAR-Gabon-Kamaru na 2003 game da mutanen Biaka . Wannan jerin jerin fina -finan da aka shirya a cikin CAR. </ref> A Pygmy a cikin Bathtub. gajeren fim, 1993. Watsawa: Canal Plus, TV5, Bikin CFI: Montreal, Fespaco, Amiens… La Couture de Paris, gajeren fim, 1995.