Awards
BEST DOCUMENTARY - Audience Award
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2003
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Banff Mountain Film Festival, 2003 (Canada)
BEST DOCUMENTARY - Audience Award
Bahamas International Film Festival, 2004
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Trento Mountain Film Festival, 2005 (Italy)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
International Festival of Mountain Films, 2005 (Slovakia)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Graz International Mountain & Adventure Filmfestival, 2005 (Austria)
SARASVATI AWARD FOR HUMANITY
Bali International Film Festival, 2005 (Indonesia)

Theatrical  

USA:  Opened Sept. 19, 2003 in New York City, during H.H. the Dalai Lama's visit. "Cry of the Snow Lion" has gone on to screen in over 140 cities in the U.S., where it has enjoyed very positive reviews and significant heldover engagements. 
by Artistic License Films

Canada:  Released in Summer of 2004
by Mongrel Media

Australia/New Zealand:  Released October 28, 2004
by Madman Cinema

United Kingdom:  Scheduled for release August, 2007
by Revelation Films


Film Festivals
"Snow Lion" has been an offical selection at film festivals on every continent except Antarctica!

Sept. 13-19, 2002  International Documentary Ass’n “Doctoberfest”  -  Santa Monica, California
October 5, 2002   Calgary International Film Festival  -  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
March 1 & 3, 2003Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Santa Barbara, California
March 10, 2003    Edmonton International Film Festival - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 23, 2003Mountainfilm Festival - Telluride, Colorado
June 7 & 8, 2003  Seattle International Film Festival - Seattle, Washington
June 12 & 15, 2003      Newport International Film Festival  -  Newport, Rhode Island
June 12, 2003      IFP Los Angeles Film Festival  -  Los Angeles, California
June 13, 2003      Maui Film Festival  -  Maui, Hawaii
Sept. 12 & 13, 2003     Toronto International Film Festival  -  Toronto, Canada
November 6, 2003Amnesty International Film Festival  -  Vancouver, Canada
November 9, 2003Banff Mountain Film Festival  -  Banff, Canada
January 25, 27, 29, 2004     Goteborg Film Festival  -  Sweden
January 22-Feb 2, 2004       Bangkok International Film Festival  -  Bangkok, Thailand
March 15 – 21, 2004     Thessaloniki Documentary Festival  -  Greece
April 15 – May 1, 2004 Singapore International Film Festival  -  Singapore
June 11 – 25, 2004       Sydney Film Festival  -  Australia
June 14 – 27, 2004      Durban International Film Festival  -  South Africa
July 8 – 18, 2004         Cambridge Film Festival  -  England
July 9 – August 1, 2004New Zealand Film Festival  -  New Zealand
July 21 – August 8, 2004     Melbourne International Film Festival  -  Australia
Sept. 23 - Oct. 7, 2004Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival  -  Brazil
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2004Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival  -  Dublin, Ireland
October 14 – 20, 2004Bergen International Film Festival  -  Norway
October  18 – 23, 2004Kerry Film Festival  -  Ireland
October 21 – 24, 2004Etnia Film Festival  -  Turku, Finland
November 6, 2004      Himalaya Film Festival  -  Holland
December 9-12, 2004  Bahamas International Film Festival  -  Bahamas
December 10-15, 2004Human Rights in Film IFF  -  Warsaw, Poland
April 30 - May 8, 2005 Trento Mountain Film Festival - Italy
October 12-16, 2005   International Fsetival of Mountain Films - Poprad, Slovakia
October 19-23, 2005   International Mountainfilm Festival - Tegernsee, Germany
November 10-12, 2005       International Mountain & Adventure Filmfestival - Graz, Austria
November 22-26, 2005Bali International Film Festival - Bali, Indonesia




Screening History