The 2006 independent film Quinceañera won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, the film follows Magdalena, a teenager in Los Angeles whose planned quinceañera is disrupted by family conflict and an unexpected pregnancy. Emily Rios plays Magdalena, with Jesse Garcia and Chalo González among the cast.
At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, Quinceañera received both the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the dramatic competition. Those honors helped draw attention to its portrayal of Mexican American family life, sexuality, religion, and community.
The film's title refers to the celebration at the center of its story, not to a documentary about the history of quinceañeras. It is also known as Quinceañera: The Movie in some release contexts, but the principal English-language title is Quinceañera.