Vision Films arrives to NEM 2026 market with a catalog of nine independent titles spanning multiple genres, including thrillers, family programming, and documentaries. The distributor’s offering features recently completed projects seeking international buyers, with a focus on both scripted features and factual content.
Within the family and animation segment, the company is highlighting the 2025 animated feature Time Hoppers, directed by Flordeliza Dayrit. The 90-minute film follows four children from an elite academy who travel to the past to stop an alchemist from erasing scientific progress. The title previously secured a limited US theatrical release across 500 screens, reporting $1 million in box office revenue. Also in the family category is Cheer Dad, an 82-minute film directed by Joyce Licorish that centers on a father who becomes the assistant coach of his daughter’s new cheerleading squad to support her transition to a new town.
The distributor’s thriller and action lineup includes several new 2026 releases. A Crime Story, directed by Asif Akbar and Brian A. Metcalf, is a 100-minute crime thriller featuring Mark Pellegrino, Jake Weber, and Jeff Fahey, about motel operators who intercept drug money and find themselves caught between a crime family, the Russian mob, and the police. Before Never, directed by Kipp Tribble and Derik Wingo, offers a thriller twist on the Peter Pan mythos, following investigators Smee and Hook as they search for Wendy Darling’s attacker. Additionally, the slate features Water Horse, a paranormal investigation thriller directed by Jennifer Van Gessel focusing on local lake disappearances, and World War Bigfoot, a 73-minute action-war film by Jason Mills that tracks an American medic who encounters an unknown creature while evading enemy forces.
In the seasonal programming space, Vision Films is distributing the romantic comedy A Hopeful Christmas. Directed by Bo Brinkman, the 81-minute film stars Kelley Jakle, Sean Faris, and Bruce Boxleitner, focusing on a woman whose quiet holiday plans are disrupted by uninvited family members, prompting her to mend her relationship with her father while navigating an unexpected romance.
The factual and documentary portion of the catalog is led by In the Company of Wolves, an 83-minute natural history project narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges and directed by Susan Kucera. The documentary explores the history of wolves as co-travelers alongside the colonization of the American West. Rounding out the factual slate is UFOs and God, a 94-minute documentary directed by Wes and Amanda Llewellyn that investigates the intersection of extraterrestrial intelligence and theology through expert interviews, scientists, and personal testimonies.
