Off the back of the wonderful, heartwarming premiere of Snow Leopard Sisters, Screendaily published a glowing review!
The spectacular-looking Snow Leopard Sisters deftly illuminates global concerns through personal stories. Charting the friendship between two indigenous women in the high Himalayas, it conveys a vivid sense of the tensions between tradition and modernity regarding conservation issues, lifestyle choices and communities trying to escape the long shadow of patriarchy. Serious-minded but brimming with visual and human interest appeal, it could follow in the footsteps of Himalayas-set Sundance 2024 documentary Agent Of Happiness (2024) in attracting the attention of festivals, documentary channels and specialist distributors.
The relationship between the two women is at the heart of the documentary, but directors Sonam Choekyi Lama (a Dolpo native), Nepal-based journalist Ben Ayers and London-based filmmaker Andrew Lynch place that within the context of the wider communities around them, and the influence of religious figures, elders and herders. The result is a winning mixture of awe-inspiring natural beauty and insight into a generation of women advancing the cause of change.
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