This article makes a balance about the actual state of the historical investigation in colombian cinema. With that in mind, we searched, read, reviewed and registered in a database more than 96 works of articles, book chapters and books. We divided in 9 groups with similar characteristics: 1) Panoramic histories, 2) exhibition and publics, 3) censorship, criticism and film clubs, 4) bio-filmography, 5) cinema representations about places or collective subjects, 6) formats and genres, 7) silent film, 8) "first sound cinema", 9) 70s and 80s cinema. In conclusion we mention some promising investigation fields, like technological and economic history, publics history and the history between cinema and others media.