Project Detail

Snow Leopard Sisters

Synopsis

A portrait of an unlikely friendship between two Indigenous women, set against a dramatic decline in the snow leopard population.
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
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

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Production Status

Production Company

Noah Media Group

Ian Davies

Sales Company

Noah Media Group

Catherine Quantschnigg

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