Sonam Choekyi Lama
Sonam Choekyi Lama is Documentarian from Nepal Himalayas focusing on climate, conservation, indigenous communities, and women. She worked on award-winning feature documentary “The Snow Leopard Sisters” (2024), which premiered at SXSW 2025 and Mountain film, Telluride. Their earlier film, “The Snow Leopard Calling” (2020), received multiple international awards, including from Jackson Wild and IWFF Montana. She received directorial fellowship from International Center of Photography(ICP) in New York. Their work aims to merge environmental justice with deeply rooted local narratives from remote Nepal and the Himalayas.
