Lay Down Your Heart

{{short description|2022 Canadian film directed by Marie Clements}} {{Infobox film | name = Lay Down Your Heart | image = | caption = Film poster | director = [[Marie Clements]] | producer = Shirley Vercruysse | writer = Marie Clements<br>Niall McNeil | starring = Niall McNeil | music = [[Wayne Lavallee]] | cinematography = Mike McKinlay | editing = Sarah Hedar | studio = [[National Film Board of Canada]] | distributor = | released = {{film date|2022|10|06|[[2022 Vancouver International Film Festival|VIFF]]}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Lay Down Your Heart''''' is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by [[Marie Clements]].<ref>Dorothy Woodend, [https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/05/Even-More-VIFF/ "Even More VIFF!"]. ''[[The Tyee]]'', October 5, 2022.</ref> The film is a portrait of Niall McNeil, a [[Vancouver]]-based theatre performer and writer with [[Down syndrome]].<ref>[[Kate Taylor (Canadian writer)|Kate Taylor]], [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-vancouver-international-film-festival/ "Vancouver International Film Festival downsizes to ‘cut through the noise’ for moviegoers"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 29, 2022.</ref>

The film premiered on October 6, 2022, at the [[2022 Vancouver International Film Festival|Vancouver International Film Festival]], where it was named the winner of the Audience Award for the Portraits program.<ref>Angelica Babiera, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/10/19/viff-announces-nine-audience-award-winners/ "VIFF announces nine audience award winners"]. ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', October 19, 2022.</ref>

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[[Category:2022 films]] [[Category:2022 documentary films]] [[Category:Canadian documentary films]] [[Category:Films directed by Marie Clements]] [[Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries]] [[Category:English-language Canadian films]] [[Category:2022 Canadian films]]