CINEX is a film experience research program that includes interdisciplinary research on the effects of cinema on moviegoers, both in theatres and at home, in modes of transport or in schools. This program, led by the director of the Laboratoire CinéMédias, Santiago Hidalgo, in collaboration with André Gaudreault, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Film and Media Studies, was created in 2018 by Santiago Hidalgo as part of his doctoral research on film consciousness. The CINEX research program includes a large number of training activities and research projects which foster collaboration between the arts and sciences, as well as between schools and laboratories interested in technological innovations in the field of the cinematic experience.

The scholarly committee of CINEX is composed of the following members of the Laboratoire CinéMédias: Thomas Carrier-Lafleur, Charlotte Dronier, Joël Lehmann, Caroline Martin and Santiago Hidalgo. The expanded committee includes Sarah Lippé (Professor, Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine, Director of the NED Laboratory) and Inga Sophia Knoth (M.Sc., Research Coordinator at the NED Laboratory).

Defining the Impact of Audiovisual Pace on the Brain Development of Young Viewers (2020-2022), the Exploration program of the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Santiago Hidalgo (Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal) ; Sarah Lippé (Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal).

Cinema-Somnolence: Facilitating Sleep through Cinema Rhythms/Ciné-somnolence: l’influence des rythmes cinématographiques sur le sommeil (2020-2021), Appui aux initiatives intersectorielles program, BRDV (Université de Montréal).

André Gaudreault (Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal); Santiago Hidalgo (Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal); Antonio Zadra (Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal); Julie Carrier (Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal); Vladimir Hachinski (Neurosciences, Université Western Ontario); Mireille Berton (Histoire et esthétique du cinéma, Université de Lausanne).

L’effet d’extraits audiovisuels personnalisés sur le comportement des résidents et sur la communication entre les résidents et les intervenants en CHSLD, (2020-2021), CAREC program of the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.

Santiago Hidalgo (Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal); Ana Inès Ansaldo (Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal).

The impact of Screen Environment in Children’s Consumption of High-Paced Audiovisual Content, (2019-2020) Appui aux initiatives intersectorielles Program, BRDV (Université de Montréal).

Santiago Hidalgo (Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques, Université de Montréal); Sarah Lippé (Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal).

First Intersectoral Meetings on rhythm, in collaboration with the Vice-Rector's Office, event held on May 2, 2019 at the Pavillon de la Faculté de l'aménagement of the Université de Montréal

Organized by the Innovation Laboratory, the Canada Research Chair in Cinema and Media Studies, the CinéMédias Laboratory and the CINEX research program, these first intersectoral meetings, focused on perceived rhythm (music, film, heart) and unperceived rhythm (sleep, brain, particles), brought together some 50 professors and students from fields as varied as film, neuroscience, music, physics and education, including the winners of the five 2018 Killam Prizes – André Gaudreault in humanities, Vladimir Hachinski in health sciences, Walter Herzog in engineering, Karim Jerbi in health sciences and Janet Werker in social sciences – in an unprecedented transdisciplinary collaboration.

Second Intersectoral Meetings on rhythm. Sources of Rhythm, in collaboration with the Vice-Rector's Office, event held on December 5 and 6, 2019 at the MIL Campus of the Université de Montréal.

Following the success of the first intersectoral meetings on the theme "Perceived Rhythm / Unperceived Rhythm", these Second Meetings once again brought together the winners of the five 2018 Killam Prizes to examine the origin of rhythm as part of a multidisciplinary collaboration.