Which 2006 film about a quinceañera won the U.S. dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance?

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The 2006 film Quinceañera won the U.S. dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, the film follows a pregnant teenager and her gay cousin in Los Angeles as family tensions develop around a quinceañera. Emily Rios plays Magdalena, the teenager at the center of the story.

At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Quinceañera received both the U.S. dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. The film later received the title Echo Park, L.A. in some release contexts. It is a fictional drama, not a documentary or a general guide to quinceañera customs.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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