Snow Leopard Sisters
Synopsis
When local conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama learns about a snow leopard killing a family’s entire goat herd, she returns home to convince the family not to kill the animal in retaliation. The family’s young daughter, Tenzin Bhuti Gurung, accepts an offer to apprentice with Tshiring to escape an arranged marriage, and the pair travel together across the spectacular Himalayan landscape in search of the mysterious snow leopard. Can they find their own voice amidst centuries-old patriarchy, and save snow leopards despite a conservation industry failing to deliver change?
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 min
- Director
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Sonam Choekyi Lama, Ben Ayers, Andrew Lynch
- Producer
- Ian Davies, Torquil Jones, Tshiring Lhamu Lama, Joanna Natasegara
- Executive Producer
- Gabriel Clarke, Bonamy Grimes, Dr. H Fisk Johnson, John McKenna, Renan Ozturk, Barry Smith, Rush Sturges
- Editor
- Katie Bryer
- Director of Photography
- Sonam Choekyi Lama, Andrew Lynch
- Composer
- Nainita Desai
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Noah Media Group
Ian DaviesSales Company
Noah Media Group
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