| Organization | Nature and function of Organization |
| 1898 General Liaison Office (Governmental) | · The beginning of filming British battle such as Omdurman. · Propaganda documentaries and news of the colonizers. |
| 1949 Sudan Film Unit Governmental | · SFU was founded to cover the news and to produce short documentaries to serve the British colonization. · The unit owned a 16-mm film and film camera. · The unit’s work during that period was confined to the roving Cinema and was limited to propaganda films and bi-monthly. |
| 1970 State Foundation for Cinema Governmental | · The joint production system had been introduced to reduce pressure on the cost of films and leads to the transfer of different production experiences. · One of the first co-productions was “Forests and Deserts”. · Three films were also produced with a French workgroup. · The foundation allowed the Sudanese to watch Oscars films and top movie stars during the 1970s and 1980s. · Most of the important Sudanese movies were produced during this period. |
| 1972 Department of Film Production, Culture Department, Ministry of Culture and Information (Governmental) | · The Department has no real contribution due to the continuous change in the affiliation to different ministries. |
| 1932 First Sudanese Club for Cinema Private | · A group of young Sudanese with other nationalities is interested in Cinema. They wrote their view in local and British newspapers and the “Sound and Light” quarterly magazine created by the British Film Institute. |
| 1968 Sudanese Cinema Club Private | · The Sudanese Film Club presented the films of the Sudanese film directors, the international and regional film festivals, as well as the movie of the world’s most famous directors. |
| 2015 Children’s Film Training Initiative Private | · The objective was to discover and develop the skills of children in the field of story writing, script, photography, editing and direction. Children and youth (8 - 25 years) were trained locally and in USA. |
| 2010 Sudan film Factory started with Goethe-Institute Private | · An independent cultural platform, produced more than 60 short films, documentaries and experimental productions, many of which have taken part in numerous festivals around the world in Brazil, the Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria. |
| Other recent initiatives | · Sudanese film group, Union of Sudanese Filmmakers and Cinema Shabab. |