Quinceañera is the title of the 2006 Sundance-winning film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland about a teenager's fifteenth birthday.
The film follows Magdalena as preparations for her quinceañera collide with pregnancy, family tension, and community expectations. Its title directly identifies the cultural celebration at the center of the story.
At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Quinceañera received both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the dramatic competition. The double recognition made it one of the notable independent films associated with that festival year.
The title can be confused with generic English phrases describing a fifteenth birthday, but Quinceañera is the film's official title. The word also names the celebrant or, by extension, the celebration in Spanish-speaking cultural contexts.