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EXCLUSIVE: Appian Way has signed connected arsenic an exec shaper connected Snow Leopard Sisters. The characteristic doc premiered astatine SXSW and follows snowfall leopard conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama arsenic she mentors 17-year-old Tenzin Bhuti Gurung. Set against nan backdrop of an isolated area of nan Himalayas, nan movie is billed arsenic a communicative of an improbable yet powerful relationship betwixt 2 Indigenous women.
Noah Media Group is crossed world income and is now retired successful nan marketplace pinch nan film. Appian Way, nan environmentally-focused movie and TV accumulation company, has gotten connected committee pinch Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson and Phillip Watson now exec producers.
In nan film, Tshiring Lhamu Lama and Tenzin Bhuti Gurung travel done nan treacherous and breathtaking Himalayas successful hunt of endangered snowfall leopards. Their travel highlights nan powerfulness of women’s voices successful conservation, nan producers said, pinch nan dream of shaping a amended early for themselves and nan elusive snowfall leopards.
After premiering astatine SXSW, nan movie has gone connected a agelong show run, taking successful BANFF, Boulder Film Festival, Mountain Film Festival successful Telluride, nan Seoul International Eco Film Festival and others. It took nan Change Maker Award astatine nan Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Best Conservation Film astatine nan REEL WILD New York Film Festival and nan Audience Choice Award astatine nan American Conservation Film Festival.
An accompanying effect run was designed to bolster nan snowfall leopard organization by promoting livestock protection methods that do not harm leopards and by connecting section communities pinch snowfall leopard conservation efforts.
“The 2 singular Indigenous women astatine nan bosom of nan communicative are redefining conservation from nan crushed up done their courageousness and unwavering commitment,” said Noah’s Head of Sales Catherine Quantschnigg. “The movie is simply a powerful testament to resilience, stewardship, and nan profound relationship betwixt group and nan earthy world — a telephone to protect what remains earlier it’s excessively late. I look guardant to introducing worldwide buyers to this film.”
The directorial squad connected nan movie spanned 3 continents, pinch Sonam Choekyi Lama, an accomplished indigenous Nepalese photographer, moving alongside Ben Ayers and Andrew Lynch.
The board said successful a associated statement: “We’re incredibly proud to spot this movie resonate pinch audiences and gain nickname astatine festivals astir nan globe and we are thrilled to person built a worldwide organization of supporters committed to ensuring that Tshiring’s groundbreaking conservation activity ensures that Nepal’s snowfall leopards will support their important domiciled successful nan Himalayan ecosystem for generations to come.”
The doc is produced by Oscar-winner and Violet Films laminitis Joanna Natasegara, Ian Davies, Torquil Jones and Tshiring Lhamu Lama.
