The 2006 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 becomes complicated by family conflict and an unexpected pregnancy. Emily Rios portrays Magdalena.
The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it received both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. It later received theatrical distribution and drew attention for its portrayal of Mexican American family and community life.
This film is distinct from the quinceañera celebration itself: the title refers to the central event in the story, while the movie explores identity, family, religion, sexuality, and belonging around it.