Laboratoire CinéMédias, located in the Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques at the Université de Montréal, was founded in 2016 by professor André Gaudreault thanks to the obtainment of the Canada Research Chair in Cinema and Media Studies and a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant. Directed by Santiago Hidalgo, the research lab is home to several projects and research structures, including: