2012/Through the Heart () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rodrigue Jean and Arnaud Valade and released in 2022."Le film 2012/Dans le cœur plonge en pleines manifestations du printemps érable". Ici Radio-Canada, March 31, 2023. Compiled from original footage of the events, the film profiles the 2012 Quebec student protests.Justine Smith, "2012/Dans le cœur views the student strikes and police tyranny from the inside". Cult MTL, April 3, 2023.
The film premiered at the 2022 Festival du nouveau cinéma,Martin Gignac, "Une programmation riche pour favoriser les rencontres". La Presse, September 20, 2022. before going into commercial release in 2023.Anne-Marie Provost, "«2012/Dans le cœur», communiquer «l’élan vital» de la grève de 2012". Le Devoir, March 27, 2023.
Awards At the FNC, it was named the winner of the audience-voted Public Prize in the Temps 0 program.Charles-Henri Ramond, "(FNC) – Palmarès de l’édition 2022". Films du Québec, October 16, 2022.
The film received an honorable mention from the Colin Low Award jury at the 2023 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.Pat Mullen, "Notes on Displacement, Mother Saigon Top DOXA Winners". Point of View, May 14, 2023.
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