 Made for a budget of under $500,000, and featuring many first-time actors, "Quinceañera" ended up winning both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.It went on to win the Humanitas Prize, the John Cassavetes Prize at the Spirit Award in 2007, and many other international film festival prizes.It was picked up for the US by Sony Pictures Classics and distributed in over 25 countries worldwide.