Snow Leopard Sisters

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?

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Credits

Directors:

Sonam Choekyi Lama, Ben Ayers, Andrew Lynch

Executive Producer:

Gabriel Clarke, Bonamy Grimes, Dr. H Fisk Johnson, John McKenna, Renan Ozturk, Barry Smith, Rush Sturges

Producer:

Ian Davies, Torquil Jones, Tshiring Lhamu Lama, Joanna Natasegara,

Cinematographer:

Sonam Choekyi Lama, Andrew Lynch

Editor:

Katie Bryer

Music:

Nainita Desai

Principal Cast:

Tenzin Buti Gurung, Tshiring Lhamu Lama

Contact

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Public Film Contact:

Ian Davies
Noah Media Group
ian.davies@noahmediagroup.com

Publicity Contact:

Torquil Jones
torquil.jones@noahmediagroup.com
+44 203640 7625

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2025
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93 mins