1) JAN. 2023: Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree” is NOM. for a “People’s Choice Award” by the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, which has its screening in Downtown L.A. at the LIVE Regal Cinema! &… they have a Wonderful movie screen!
2) FEB. 2023: Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree”, WINS for “ Best Short Film Adapted from Another Medium” by the Golden State Film Festival, in Los Angeles! This festival also has a Fabulous movie screen they use, at the TCL Chinese Theatre (FKA the Mann’s Chinese Theatre) in Hollywood
3) MARCH 2023: NEWSFLASH: The supernatural feature film “HALF DEAD FRED” will now be on AMAZON PRIME! (@amazonprime)! - Heidi plays the female lead, Roberta Dalton, and it has a fabulous cast, starring Corin Nemec, Jason London, & Jordan C. Michael! It is Officially being Released on Streaming TV for rental & purchase this month!
4) APRIL 2023: Heidi is interviewed by VoyageLA Magazine, in an article about Heidi’s journey that led her to where she is today! Here’s the link to read:
https://voyagela.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-heidi-schooler/
5) APRIL 2023: Heidi gets interviewed by Horror News about her involvement in the feature film, “HALF DEAD FRED”. She speaks about the shooting of the film, FAB cast, & director, Bron Theron, & wonderful crew. She also shares about her background, her thoughts about theatre, directing, & words of wisdom for fellow actors, & all people wanting to pursue this Industry! Here’s the link to read:
https://horrornews.net/177472/interview-with-heidi-schooler-half-dead-fred/
6) JUNE 2023: Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree” is an Official Selection and a part of the lineup at the Marina Del Rey Film Festival, screening at the Cinemark Theatre!
-UPDATE: FAB audience, and wonderful screen! Also, Great Festival Directors!😁
7) JUNE 2023: The screenings for Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree” continue! Later this month, the poignant, yet comedic short is an Official Selection also at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival in Las Vegas!
-UPDATE: Saw some amazing films! This was a terrific venue for female-driven films and a place to network with many female actors, directors & producers! Also, the Festival Directors were awesome to our whole team that went! 😁🙏
8) JULY 2023: This month, the feature film Heidi is in, (as the character Roberta Dalton), “HALF DEAD FRED”, is going to be in the lineup of films at the Markham (Canada) International Film Festival!
9) AUG. 2023: The screenings for the feature film Heidi is in, “HALF DEAD FRED”, continues! This month, “HALF DEAD FRED” is going to be a part of the “B Beside the Seaside” in Southport, England!
FAB UPDATE!: “HALF DEAD FRED” WINS “BEST FEATURE FILM (U.S.)” at the “B Beside the Seaside” Film Festival! - It is now also on Amazon UK right now as well!
10) AUG. 2023: UPDATE on Heidi’s film she & amazing actor, Bob Telford, star in: “THE BUTTON BUTTON SPONGE & THE MAGIC GLASSES” - This is a Fabulous short film written & dir. by Tom Cavanaugh! & Produced by Bob Telford & Allyson Sereboff! - Which we shot during COVID, & that Tom directed from a laptop Zooming in from NYC! It is an Official Selection as part of the 2023 We Make Movie International Film Festival this year!
11) OCT. 2023: This month, in homage to Halloween & the Anniversary of initially shooting in Flint MI., the feature film Heidi’s in, “HALF DEAD FRED”, (as “Roberta Dalton”), is going to be screening again in Downtown Flint, MI.!
12) OCT. 2023: In honor of Halloween month, Heidi’s show, “READ TO ME, HEIDI” has posted their Halloween Fairytale, “The Tale of Halloween” by Loretta Ellen Brady, author from the 1920’s! heidi does LIVE-TIME Narrating & VO of all of the characters in this wonderful & Hilarious tale, with her sidekick Millicent, the mouse puppet, that asks questions kids would ask!
NEW INFO: Please join her channel on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@readtomeheidi
11) NOV. 2023: Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree” is NOM. for “Best Musical Short Film” by the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, which screened in L.A. this month! Met fabulous filmmakers this year at their festival, and Heidi’s team LOVED all of the events /panel discussions and the lineup of films they saw! GREAT Festival Directors here!😁🙏
12) NOV. 2023!: Heidi’s musical short film, “Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree” is NOM. fas a FINALIST or “Best Short Film” by the Artist Emerged International Film Festival (Ethos Film Awards)! & it screened in Santa Monica, at the beautiful Broad Stage in Santa Monica this month! This festival is made up of 5 separate co-fests in 1, where the films focus on “purpose-driven films & inspire dialogue, & drive positive change through the power of cinema!” VERY Inspiring films & wonderful Film Directors!
13) AT THE 2023 WE MAKE MOVIE INT’L FILM FESTIVAL: HEIDI IS INVOLVED WITH 3 PROJECTS THERE:
A) The short dramedy, where Heidi & actor Bob Telford star in, '“THE BUTTON SPONGE & THE MAGIC GLASSES”, screens at the We Make Movies International Film Festival to a full upbeat audience! This is a hilarious film written & directed by Tom Cavanaugh. This film is about a Father-daughter card con-artist team! (Produced by Tom & the terrific Allyson Sereboff) - This was a memorable shoot because our director, Tom, zoom-directed in from NYC, from a laptop out here in CA.! (due to COVID still affecting the Industry’s shoots). -Heidi said it was such a FUN & Amazing shoot!
-NEW UPDATE: Heidi & the full team behind this film are interviewed on the podcast called, “Cinematography for Actors” as part of the WMMIFF! They are a very cool organization that helps get loads of helpful information to many people in the Industry. Here’s the link to hear the interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxMYiQtJ60&t=108s
B) The comedic ensemble film Heidi was in, called “LOVE CRAFT”, written & directed by Michael Beardsley, also screened at the WMMIFF! So many fun performances in this film! Heidi resurrected her character Ella, & her sidekick Millicent the mouse puppet, (from Heidi’s film, “MILLICENT & ME AND THE APPLE TREE”), for this comedy about how to date online in L.A. these days. Super funny film!
C) The Halloween horror film, “EASY TO SCARE”, that Heidi “Scripty-ed” (Script Supervisor) on screened also as part of the WMMIFF! This suspenseful feature film was directed/written by Robert DiTillio, had a FAB cast, and wonderful crew, & was loved by the audience!!