Vision Films Acquires Environmental Documentary "In The Company Of Wolves: An American Journey" From Award-Winning Filmmaker Susan Kucera and Narrated by Academy Award® Winner Jeff Bridges

The Film Will Debut at The 2026 Cannes Film Festival

LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vision Films Inc. ("Vision") announces the acquisition and release plan for the Jeff Bridges narrated documentary In The Company of Wolves: An American Journey from award-winning filmmaker Susan Kucera. The film, the third collaboration for Kucera and Bridges, is scheduled to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2026 at the Olympia Theater. It will have a subsequent limited theatrical release and availability via transactional video on demand (TVOD) beginning July 17, 2026.

Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges narrates the stunning journey of wolves and other animals as co-travelers through American history. From the shores of England to the birth of the New Republic, and ultimately the colonization of the vast landscapes of the modern American West, this film reveals how our complicated relationship with wolves shaped our ideas, our folklore, and our sense of nationhood, altering the course of American history as profoundly as any human hand. Watch the trailer HERE.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Kucera (Living in The Future's Past, Breath of Life, Hot Money) and Executive Produced by Jim Swift (Hot Money, Breath of Life, Living in Future's Past). Featuring in-depth commentary from members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Crow Nation, leading historians, and best-selling author Michelle Paver, whose Wolf Brothers series has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, the film offers a richly layered perspective on the American story with an evocative original score by Keefus Ciancia (True Detective, Living in The Future's Past).

Lise Romanoff, CEO and Managing Director of Vision Films shares, "We are proud to partner with Susan Kucera again to bring the important message of In The Company of Wolves: An American Journey to global audiences. This film is a spectacular visual journey and a reminder of the need to respect and preserve our planet's ecosystem."

Filmmaker Susan Kucera says, "I think this film stands apart because it reframes the American mythos—moving beyond human ambition to the deeper relationships that shaped the land, and in turn, the nation itself."

Jeff Bridges on the film, "It reminds us that the wild and the domesticated have always reflected the deeper story of who we are as a nation — and who we might yet become."  Bridges is using this venture to support several conservation organizations with his compensation, including The Vital Ground Foundation, a land trust that directly protects and connects wildlife habitat in the Northern Rocky Mountains.

Other key participants include author Michelle Paver (Wolf Brothers book series), international best-selling science writer David Quammen (Outside, National Geographic), Professor Jon Coleman (Notre Dame University, author of Vicious: Wolves and Men in America), Native American ecologist and author Cristina Eisenberg, Eastern Shoshone conservationist Jason Baldes (Intertribal Buffalo Council, Conservation Lands Foundation, and Cameron Krebs (4th generation sheep rancher).

For up-to-date information please visit: inthecompanyofwolvesfilm.com 

About Vision Films
Vision Films is a leading independent sales and VOD aggregator specializing in the licensing, marketing, and distribution of over 800 feature films, documentaries, and series from some of the most prolific independent film producers in the world. Led by Lise Romanoff, Managing Director/CEO Worldwide Distribution, Vision Films releases 2-4 films a month across Theatrical, VOD, DVD, and television. www.visionfilms.net

About Rangeland Productions
Founded in 2003 by entrepreneur, producer and writer, Jim Swift. Rangeland Productions focuses on documentaries and independent films. Swift also actively supports nonprofit organizations dedicated to wild animal protection and environmental stewardship.
Rangeland LLC has produced and executive produced several projects with acclaimed director/cinematographer Susan Kucera, and writer Anna Kirsch including the 2018 environmental documentary Living in the Futures Past that both starred and was produced by Academy Award® winning actor Jeff Bridges, the 2015 Breath of Life, and the 2021 Hot Money.

For Vision Films
Andrea McKinnon – 818-415-9442, [email protected] 

For Beachwood Entertainment Collective
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Lauren Mele – [email protected]

SOURCE Vision Films, Inc.