2012/Through the Heart explained

2012/Through the Heart
Native Name:
Director:	Rodrigue Jean Arnaud Valade
Producer:	Rodrigue Jean
Music:	Jacob Desjardins
Editing:	Arnaud Valade
Studio:	Transmar Films
Distributor:	Productions Multi-Monde
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	Canada
Language:	French

2012/Through the Heart (fr|2012/Dans le cœur) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rodrigue Jean and Arnaud Valade and released in 2022.^[1] Compiled from original footage of the events, the film profiles the 2012 Quebec student protests.^[2]

The film premiered at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma,^[3] before going into commercial release in 2023.^[4]

Awards

The film received an honorable mention from the Colin Low Award jury at the 2023 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.^[5]

At the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma, it was named the winner of the audience-voted Public Prize in the Temps 0 program.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/penelope/segments/chronique/438539/manifestations-histoires-violences-policieres-documentaire "Le film 2012/Dans le cœur plonge en pleines manifestations du printemps érable"
2. Justine Smith, "2012/Dans le cœur views the student strikes and police tyranny from the inside". Cult MTL, April 3, 2023.
3. Martin Gignac, "Une programmation riche pour favoriser les rencontres". La Presse, September 20, 2022.
4. Anne-Marie Provost, "«2012/Dans le cœur», communiquer «l’élan vital» de la grève de 2012". Le Devoir, March 27, 2023.
5. Pat Mullen, "Notes on Displacement, Mother Saigon Top DOXA Winners". Point of View, May 14, 2023.
6. Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC) – Palmarès de l’édition 2022". Films du Québec, October 16, 2022.