Home-schooled since the age of six, Ella Quinn was able to focus on her passions: music, film
and photography. Ella is part of the family production team, PARTICL3, along with her brother
Adrian Miles and mother Luz Emma. She served as Creative Director on their first short film,
Pas de Deux, which was “Official Selection” at four international film festivals. She also
contributed to the fine details of production from script editing to wardrobe selection. Stolen
Moments is Ella's directorial debut and is "Official Selection" at two
film festivals for young filmmakers, Young Filmmakers Film Festival and
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival. Ella was seventeen years old when she
directed "Stolen Moments." She is now nineteen.
Stolen Moments is the third in a series of four dance shorts that tell stories of women of color, relationships and intimacy. This story takes place during the Roaring Twenties. From fashion to sexuality, Evelyn is breaking free from societal norms established by the Victorian Era. She is the center of a love triangle with two ladies, Harper and Lily. One love is repressed while the other is realized but not publicly. Like, Pas de Deux, our debut film, there is no dialogue in this short. It relies on poetry and visuals to tell the story. The film features three Sufi poems from the book, "Stolen Moments: A Lover's Recourse," by Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal who also produced and acts in both films.
