Snow Leopard Sisters
- 2025
- UK
- Duration:
- 93 mins
Overview
In Nepal’s remote Dolpo region, where fewer than 90 snow leopards remain, conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama returns home with a mission: to save the endangered animals. She takes on 17-year-old Tenzin Bhuti Gurung as her apprentice — a girl whose family has suffered from snow leopard attacks on their livestock. As they trek through the treacherous yet breathtaking Himalayan landscape, Tshiring helps Tenzin understand the delicate balance between protecting wildlife and supporting herding communities. Through intimate verité footage and stunning cinematography, Snow Leopard Sisters captures the power of women’s voices in shaping a better future for themselves and the elusive snow leopard.
Production Team
- Director
- Sonam Choekyi Lama, Ben Ayers, Andrew Lynch
Festival Screenings
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Snow Leopard Conservancy
In the past 8 years, 11 of the estimated 90 snow leopards in Nepal’s remote Dolpo region have been found dead. Local wisdom reasons that the true number is much higher.
We are proud to partner with the crew and protagonists of the feature documentary Snow Leopard Sisters to protect the snow leopard population in Dolpo and to provide better economic opportunities for local communities that incentivise conservation.
Read on to learn how you can join us in our mission to partner with local community members like Tshiring Lhamu Lama to save one of the last great snow leopard habitats in the Himalayas. All donations go directly to supporting programs in Dolpo, Nepal under the guidance of Tshiring Lhamu Lama and her local team.