--- description: Richard Linklater's movie about a boy's life was filmed in short bursts over 12 years snagged three top awards at the Seattle Film Festival title: Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' wins Best Film at Seattle Film Festival image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Boyhood_ Wins Best Film at Seattle Film Festival by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 11:33 AM CUT by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 11:33 AM CUT Richard Linklater’s _Boyhood_ took home [three major prizes](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-linklaters-boyhood-named-best-710113 "undefined") at the Seattle International Film Festival over the weekend, including the award for Best Film. _Boyhood_ had some stiff competition in the Best Film category, topping films such as Maciej Pieprzyca’s _Life Feels Good_ (which was named the first runner up), Dean DeBlois ‘s _How to Train Your Dragon 2_(second runner up), Josh Boone’s _The Fault in Our Stars_ (third runner up) and John Jeffcoat’s _Big in Japan_ (fourth runner up). Linklater’s movie, about the life of a young man from age five to 18, was filmed in short bursts over a 12 year period with the same cast. Already a darling on the film festival circuit, the project was also won awards at SIFF for Best Director and Best Actress for Patricia Arquette. Carl Spence, SIFF’s artistic director, told _The Hollywood Reporter_ that the film was Linklater’s “groundbreaking epic.” (Other top winners at SIFF were Dawid Ogrodnik, who took home Best Actor for _Life Feels Good,_ Alan Hicks’ _Keep On Keepin’ On_, which won best documentary, and Cody Blue Snider’s _Fool’s Day_, which won Best Short Film) _Boyhood_ hits theaters on July 11. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2847300/boyhood-wins-best-film-at-seattle-film-festival/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2847300/boyhood-wins-best-film-at-seattle-film-festival/"},"headline":"Boyhood Wins Best Film at Seattle Film Festival","datePublished":"2014-06-09T11:33:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:17:27.956Z","description":"Richard Linklater's groundbreaking movie about a boy's life was filmed in short bursts over 12 years with the same cast","url":"https://time.com/2847300/boyhood-wins-best-film-at-seattle-film-festival/","keywords":["movies","ethan hawke","Boyhood","Richard Linklater","Patricia Arquette"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2847300/boyhood-wins-best-film-at-seattle-film-festival/","name":"Boyhood Wins Best Film at Seattle Film Festival"}}]}] ```