--- description: Boyhood won the Best Picture and Best Director prizes at BAFTA Awards in the last major awards show before the Academy Awards. title: 'Boyhood' Wins Big at BAFTA Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b72e5be3067c5d1/6987793606f2c107e6333518/boyhood.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [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 Big at BAFTA Awards  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 8, 2015 10:18 PM CUT  Ellar Coltrane as Mason Evans Jr. in Boyhood Ellar Coltrane as Mason Evans Jr. in BoyhoodIFC Films  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Feb 8, 2015 10:18 PM CUT _Boyhood_ won the Best Picture and Best Director nods at the [BAFTA Awards](http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/film "undefined") on Sunday, in the last major awards show before the Oscars. _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ led in total awards with five BAFTAs, though in less prestigious categories. _Boyhood_, directed by Richard Linklater, tied _The Theory of Everything_ with three awards each. **MORE:** [Here’s Where You Can Watch Oscar-Nominated Movies Online](http://time.com/3669132/oscar-movies-online/ "undefined") All four films are considered Oscar contenders for the Best Picture Oscar, to be announced at the Academy Awards later this month, but _Boyhood_ is widely considered the favorite. The film, which follows the same actors over a 12-year period, has taken home the top prize at a number of awards shows, including the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/"},"headline":"Boyhood Wins Big at BAFTA Awards","datePublished":"2015-02-08T22:18:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:24.088Z","description":"The Grand Budapest Hotel led in total award count with five BAFTAs","url":"https://time.com/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/","keywords":["movies","Academy Awards","entertainment","Boyhood","Richard Linklater","oscars 2015"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b72e5be3067c5d1/6987793606f2c107e6333518/boyhood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b72e5be3067c5d1/6987793606f2c107e6333518/boyhood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Golden Globes 2015 - Boyhood","caption":"Golden Globes 2015 - Boyhood","creditText":"IFC Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/","name":"Boyhood Wins Big at BAFTA Awards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Oscar Nominees for Best Picture","description":"Oscar Nominees for Best Picture","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IUeRjjug/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-15T17:09:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IUeRjjug.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3700165/boyhood-bafta-awards/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```