Quinceañera is the 2006 film by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer that centers on a planned quinceañera.
The film follows Magdalena, a teenager in Echo Park whose pregnancy creates a crisis around her upcoming celebration. Her cousin Carlos also faces family rejection, and the two characters find support with relatives and neighbors. The quinceañera becomes a focal point for questions about family expectations and acceptance.
Westmoreland and Glatzer co-directed the film and also wrote it. It was an independent production that gained attention after its Sundance success, where it won both the dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.
The title is sometimes mistaken for the name of a documentary, a television series, or a real-life event. In this question, it refers specifically to the 2006 American narrative feature film. Its title uses the same Spanish term as the celebration itself.