What viewer-voted prize did the 2006 film Quinceañera receive at Sundance?

The 2006 film Quinceañera received the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Unlike the Grand Jury Prize, which is selected by a panel of festival jurors, the Audience Award reflects the response of festival viewers. Quinceañera’s combination of family drama, queer representation, and Mexican American community life made it especially accessible to audiences while retaining the qualities of an independent film.

The film follows Magdalena as preparations for her fifteenth-birthday celebration collide with pregnancy, religious expectations, and tensions within her extended family. Its title refers to the central cultural event, but the story is broader than the party itself.

Because the film won both major jury and audience recognition at Sundance, references to its awards are sometimes compressed into a single statement. The two honors are separate: one came from jurors, while the other came from viewers.