Cinema na Chadi ƙarami ne duk da ana kallon sa mai girma. Fim na farko da aka yi a ƙasar ya bayyana kamar 1958 John Huston fim ɗin kasada The Roots of Heaven, wanda aka yi fim lokacin da ƙasar har yanzu tana cikin yankin Tsakiyar Africa na Faransa. Editan shirin fim Edouard Sailly ya yi jerin gajeren wando a shekarun 1960 wanda ke nuna rayuwar yau da kullun a ƙasar. A cikin wannan lokacin akwai gidajen sinima da yawa a cikin ƙasar, ciki har da N'Djamena Le Normandie, Le Vogue, Rio, Étoile da Shéherazade, da kuma Rex a Sarh, Logone a Moundou da Ciné Chachati a Abéché . Masana’antar fim ta sha wahala sosai a shekarun 1970 zuwa 80 yayin da Chadi ta shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe da ayyukan sojan kasashen waje; shirya fina -finai ya tsaya, kuma duk gidajen sinima a Chadi sun rufe. Bayan korar mai mulkin kama-karya Hissène Habré da Idriss Déby ya yi a 1990 halin da ake ciki a kasar ya dan daidaita, wanda ya ba da damar ci gaban masana'antar fim, musamman tare da aikin daraktoci Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Issa Serge Coelo da Abakar Chene Massar .