Lay Down Your Heart

Lay Down Your Heart
Directed byMarie Clements
Written byMarie Clements
Niall McNeil
Produced byShirley Vercruysse
StarringNiall McNeil
CinematographyMike McKinlay
Edited bySarah Hedar
Music byWayne Lavallee
Production
company
Release date
  • October 6, 2022 (2022-10-06) (VIFF)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Lay Down Your Heart is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie Clements.[1] The film is a portrait of Niall McNeil, a Vancouver-based theatre performer and writer with Down syndrome.[2]

The film premiered on October 6, 2022, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the Audience Award for the Portraits program.[3]

  1. ^ Dorothy Woodend, "Even More VIFF!". The Tyee, October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Kate Taylor, "Vancouver International Film Festival downsizes to ‘cut through the noise’ for moviegoers". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Angelica Babiera, "VIFF announces nine audience award winners". Playback, October 19, 2022.