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
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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]

References

  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.


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