All seems lost for B and Will, her husband, when he fails to bring new life to a dying dirt farm…

But when a poetically ominous stranger suggests he dig a new well…

Will’s last hope becomes a descent into a guilty past in this wild west folk horror.

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A Dark Western Folktale
that blends horror and magical realism.

Starring Marcelo Tubert

Directed by Matthew Kollar

Written by Kazimiera Szyperski & Matthew Kollar

The Briar & The Rose explores the devastating legacy of the buffalo hunters and the destruction they left behind.

Historical black and white illustration depicting the Statue of Liberty with a woman holding a book labeled 'school' and a telescope, surrounded by scenes of train transportation, soldiers, and cows, with mountains and a bridge in the background.

Through Will Holloway, we turn this forgotten chapter of American history into a supernatural horror story about guilt, consequence, and the terrors of Manifest Destiny.