The film Quinceañera, about a Los Angeles teenager, was released in 2006.
The independent drama was written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It follows Magdalena, whose plans for a traditional celebration collide with pregnancy, family tension, and community expectations. Emily Rios stars in the lead role.
The film first gained attention at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, a rare double recognition that helped attract wider distribution and critical interest.
This release date is sometimes mixed up with the dates of later films by the same directors, including Still Alice, which came out in 2014. Quinceañera is specifically the 2006 Sundance drama, not a documentary about real-life celebrations or a general term for the ceremony itself.