Dave Bekerman

Homemaker Mary is ready to embrace her inner Jersey Girl as TRAD travels to Long Beach Island for the Lighthouse International Film Festival! Our twisted tale will screen next month at a killer Darkhouse Shorts Block at 12 PM on Thursday, June 11th at Bird & Betty’s, Beach Haven. Major thanks from Team Trad to the @lighthouseinternationalfilm team, @joannabruno and her Darkhouse Crew, and @denisegrayson1 for championing the festival! We’re overjoyed to be a part of this year’s amazing show. #lighthouseinternational #darkhouse #lighthousefilmfestival #horrorshort #shorthorror ………. CAST: Milly Sanders: @magicmilzz Andrew Perez: @andrewperez3d David Stanbra: Davidstanbra Steve Moulton: @bigstevemoulton Mary O’Neil: @maryoneil Ken Narasaki: @narasaki9 CREW: Writer/Director - Dave Bekerman: @davebekerman Producer/Art Dept - Jill Deibler: @jillkathryn DP - Matt Blake: @mattjblake 1st AC - Aaron Seller: @aaron_seller Gaffer - Luka Pascalicchio: @lukapouki Grip - Chris Nealy: @chris_nealy Sound Mixer - Evan Freeman: @0x23ef Editor - Jesse Soff: @soffcore AD & Post - Justin Lee: @keithcourage Makeup - Euni Lee: @beautybyeuni Jules Auch: @wheniblendyoublendweblend SFX - Nick Reisinger: @nickreisinger Composer - Mirai Kawashima: @sighmirai Consulting Producer - Durier Ryan: @theonlydurier Colorist - Sam Balcomb @sambalcomb Sound Design/Mix - Jeff Dodson: @runsilent Music Consultant – Drew Bayers @drewseventeen Songs by - Single Girl, Married Girl: @singlegirlmarriedgirl.band Wendy Rule: @wendyrule

Homemaker Mary is ready to paint Columbia, South Carolina red next weekend as TRAD takes on the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival! The lineup is absolutely stacked, and we’re jazzed that our darkly comedic nightmare will be screening as a part of the Thriller Shorts Block on Saturday, May 16th. Much gratitude to festival director @tommyfaircloth , the @crimsonscreen team, and the folks at @nicktheater for putting on this blood-soaked show! #crimsonscreen #horrorshort #crimsonscreenhorrorfilmfest #horrorcomedy #shorthorror ………. CAST: Milly Sanders: @magicmilzz Andrew Perez: @andrewperez3d David Stanbra: Davidstanbra Steve Moulton: @bigstevemoulton Mary O’Neil: @maryoneil Ken Narasaki: @narasaki9 CREW: Writer/Director - Dave Bekerman: @davebekerman Producer/Art Dept - Jill Deibler: @jillkathryn DP - Matt Blake: @mattjblake 1st AC - Aaron Seller: @aaron_seller Gaffer - Luka Pascalicchio: @lukapouki Grip - Chris Nealy: @chris_nealy Sound Mixer - Evan Freeman: @0x23ef Editor - Jesse Soff: @soffcore AD & Post - Justin Lee: @keithcourage Makeup - Euni Lee: @beautybyeuni Jules Auch: @wheniblendyoublendweblend SFX - Nick Reisinger: @nickreisinger Composer - Mirai Kawashima: @sighmirai Consulting Producer - Durier Ryan: @theonlydurier Colorist - Sam Balcomb @sambalcomb Sound Design/Mix - Jeff Dodson: @runsilent Music Consultant – Drew Bayers @drewseventeen Songs by - Single Girl, Married Girl: @singlegirlmarriedgirl.band Wendy Rule: @wendyrule

The witching hour beckons with TRAD on the precipice of its New England Premiere at the 9th annual Salem Horror Fest next weekend! Massachusetts maniacs can see our short satirical psycho-thriller on Saturday, May 2nd at Salem Access Television as a part of Shorts Block 3. Come scratch the surface with Homemaker Mary! Thank you to festival co-directors @chief_of_chills and @lesslee13 , founder @kaywithfire , Submissions Coordinator, Steve Kleinedler, and the whole @salemhorrorfest @vcr2_ma team for including us in your epic event. And thanks to @bloodydisgusting for the shoutout! #salemhorrorfest #salemhorror #salemhorrorfest2026 #horrorshort #bloodydisgusting ………. CAST: Milly Sanders: @magicmilzz Andrew Perez: @andrewperez3d David Stanbra: Davidstanbra Steve Moulton: @bigstevemoulton Mary O’Neil: @maryoneil Ken Narasaki: @narasaki9 CREW: Writer/Director - Dave Bekerman: @davebekerman Producer/Art Dept - Jill Deibler: @jillkathryn DP - Matt Blake: @mattjblake 1st AC - Aaron Seller: @aaron_seller Gaffer - Luka Pascalicchio: @lukapouki Grip - Chris Nealy: @chris_nealy Sound Mixer - Evan Freeman: @0x23ef Editor - Jesse Soff: @soffcore AD & Post - Justin Lee: @keithcourage Makeup - Euni Lee: @beautybyeuni Jules Auch: @wheniblendyoublendweblend SFX - Nick Reisinger: @nickreisinger Composer - Mirai Kawashima: @sighmirai Consulting Producer - Durier Ryan: @theonlydurier Colorist - Sam Balcomb @sambalcomb Sound Design/Mix - Jeff Dodson: @runsilent Music Consultant – Drew Bayers @drewseventeen Songs by - Single Girl, Married Girl: @singlegirlmarriedgirl.band Wendy Rule: @wendyrule

It’s time to panic… because TRAD is coming to PANIC FEST!   Our satirical psycho-thriller will be available to stream for U.S. audiences as part of the Short Film Showcase / Online Block 5.   Virtual festival passes are on sale now and passes for individual blocks will go live next week.   If you haven’t seen TRAD, this is a great opportunity to check it out alongside an incredible selection of outstanding genre films.   And if you already love Homemaker Mary, here’s a chance to see her again!   Major thanks to @kccanton @wasteofmindfilms and the @panicfilmfest team – this is gonna be a fun one! Shoutout to the legendary @fangoria and @bdisgusting for the mentions!   #panicfest #panicfest2026 #fangoria #bloodydisgusting #horrorshortfilm ……….   CAST:   Milly Sanders: @magicmilzz Andrew Perez: @andrewperez3d David Stanbra: @davidstanbra Steve Moulton: @bigstevemoulton Mary O’Neil: @maryoneil Ken Narasaki: @narasaki9   CREW:   Writer/Director - Dave Bekerman: @davebekerman Producer/Art Dept - Jill Deibler: @jillkathryn DP - Matt Blake: @mattjblake 1st AC - Aaron Seller: @aaron_seller Gaffer - Luka Pascalicchio: @lukapouki Grip - Chris Nealy: @chris_nealy Sound Mixer - Evan Freeman: @0x23ef Editor - Jesse Soff: @soffcore AD & Post - Justin Lee: @keithcourage Makeup - Euni Lee: @beautybyeuni   Jules Auch: @wheniblendyoublendweblend SFX - Nick Reisinger: @nickreisinger Composer - Mirai Kawashima: @sighmirai Consulting Producer - Durier Ryan: @theonlydurier Colorist - Sam Balcomb @sambalcomb Sound Design/Mix - Jeff Dodson: @runsilent Music Consultant – Drew Bayers @drewseventeen Songs by - Single Girl, Married Girl: @singlegirlmarriedgirl.band Wendy Rule: @wendyrule

where to see TRAD! #salem #panicfest #trad #indieshortfilm #davebekerman @homemakermary

Interview with Dave Bekerman the mastermind behind TRAD short film #davebekerman #indieshortfilm #trad #homemakermary A struggling influencer reluctantly pivots to “tradwife” content to dig her husband out of a financial hole, and soon becomes trapped by the increasingly disturbing demands of her viral persona. #interview

Her marriage was failing. So she became the perfect wife. 🎬 TRAD… a festival-winning horror short making its rounds right now. 📱 @homemakermary is real. Yes… she has her own Instagram and TikTok. Would you follow her? 🥀 #horrorshort #horrortok #tradwife #indiehorror #audrienightmare

Homemaker Mary is going global! I’m proud to share that our short satirical psycho-thriller TRAD will have its Asia Premiere at the sixth annual Wench Film Festival later this month, screening in Mumbai! A member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation, @wench.filmfestival is India’s first genre festival and an ideal home for our hypercolor howl of rage with its onslaught of genre madness that boasts a bold aesthetic, a subversive attitude, and a righteous mission to shape perspectives by shifting the gaze. I’m incredibly grateful to festival director @sapnamotibhavnani , her awesome team including programmers @honeycuttheidi and Shelagh Rowan-Legg, and our killer cast and crew. #wenchfilmfestival #shorthorrorfilm #indiehorror #mélièsinternationalfestivalsfederation #genrerevolution The Trad Tour continues… International Shorts Block 1: Feb 27th NFDC – Mumbai @afmumbai @melies_federation ………. CAST: Milly Sanders: @magicmilzz Andrew Perez: @andrewperez3d David Stanbra: @Davidstanbra Steve Moulton: @bigstevemoulton Mary O’Neil: @maryoneil Ken Narasaki: @narasaki9 CREW: Writer/Director - Dave Bekerman: @davebekerman Producer/Art Dept - Jill Deibler: @jillkathryn DP - Matt Blake: @mattjblake 1st AC - Aaron Seller: @aaron_seller Gaffer - Luka Pascalicchio: @lukapouki Grip - Chris Nealy: @chris_nealy Sound Mixer - Evan Freeman: @0x23ef Editor - Jesse Soff: @soffcore AD & Post - Justin Lee: @keithcourage Makeup - Euni Lee: @beautybyeuni Jules Auch: @wheniblendyoublendweblend SFX - Nick Reisinger: @nickreisinger Composer - Mirai Kawashima: @sighmirai Consulting Producer - Durier Ryan: @theonlydurier Colorist - Sam Balcomb @sambalcomb Sound Design/Mix - Jeff Dodson: @runsilent Music Consultant – Drew Bayers @drewseventeen Songs by - Single Girl, Married Girl: @singlegirlmarriedgirl.band Wendy Rule: @wendyrule

If Day 1 is not gory enough, Come back for Day 2 dedicated to our killer International Shorts and an Asia Block ! 💀 International Block 1 UNWELL WOMAN (ASIA PREMIERE) Yathoom (ASIA PREMIERE) TRAD (ASIA PREMIERE) I Could Just Die, and That Would Be All Right (ASIA PREMIERE) Dormant (INDIA PREMIERE) 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖟𝖓 (ASIA PREMIERE) SRFTI KOLKATA 20TH FEB 12PM NFDC MUMBAI 27TH FEB 12PM LIMITED PASSES ON DISTRICT [ Wench Film Festival, Horror Cinema, Genre Cinema, Independent Film, Women in Horror, South Asian Cinema, Indian Horror Films, Sci-Fi Cinema, Fantasy Cinema, Film Festival India ]

I'm not sure when this will be available for everyone to watch, but hopefully soon! Definitely my kinda short film. Keep an eye out for Trad and follow @homemakermary while you're here! . #horrortok #shortfilm #tradwife

🎶 Start spreading the news… 🎶 TRAD took Manhattan with our East Coast Premiere at Dances With Films New York! It was a thrill to screen as part of a Midnight Block with a group of fantastic shorts by creative filmmakers, and to celebrate with family and friends, old and new! Thank you to the staff at the Regal Union Square and everyone behind #danceswithfilms — especially our short film champions @lindseypix and @benniewoodell for creating an environment where whacked out indie cinema shines! More to come soon… #dwfny #dwfnyc #filmfest #horrorshort

Thanks @reel_dumb1 for the kind words about TRAD! Our Midnight Block 1 at #danceswithfilms is SOLD OUT this Friday, but New York friends should come check out the amazing lineup that the festival has put together—it’s going to be an incredible weekend of indie cinema! #filmfestival #horrorshort #midnightmovies