Films
See the work that Friendly Filmmaker Julia Tutko-Balena has directed, produced, written, and acted in.
Guidance
Released Sept 22, 2022
Hope is getting ready for a funeral. She has to say goodbye to someone close. In her grief, she starts having thoughts about her own life. Is she living they way she wants? Is she happy? Is she following someone else's dreams? Her friend Faith shows up and helps her unravel her thoughts as only a best friend can.
Fortune Teller
Released Sept 1, 2022
Claire (Pëtra Denison), a happy regular suburban mom, pops in on a whim to visit a Fortune Teller (Julia Tutko-Balena) while on an outing with her sons. She gets more than she bargained for when the stereotypical mystic turns out not to be a charlatan, and uncovers a horrible secret Claire has been hiding for years.
Night of the Coconut
Released 2018
A science-fiction adventure musical comedy about friendship, parallel universes, the internet, and genocidal coconuts.
In a Glass Darkly
Released Sept 1, 2022
Synopsis: A lonely woman desperate to meet her husband during COVID isolation mysteriously tests positive even after following all safety measures and not leaving the house for weeks.