Richard
Linklater's 12year project Boyhood was chosen the best film of the past
year by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI. Michael
Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jafar Panahi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard,
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others who received this coveted award of film
critics.The poll for the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2014 – Best Film of the Year
gathered votes from 553 members throughout the world. In a first phase, participants
nominated any feature length films that had had their world premiere no
earlier than July 1, 2013. This led to a final round between the four
finalists: Boyhood, by Richard Linklater, Ida, by Pawel
Pawlikowski, The Grand Budapest Hotel, by Wes Anderson, and Kis
Uykusu (Winter Sleep) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Boyhood arrived in a
comfortable first place. Boyhood will have a special screening at the San
Sebastián Film Festival on Friday 19, where the FIPRESCI Grand Prix has been
presented from the start.
Boyhood follows the life of
Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from ages 6 to 18, accompanying his personal and family
conflicts and everyday questions as he grows up. With a faithful cast and crew,
the film was shot over a period of twelve years, thus allowing the characters
and also the actors, especially young lead Coltrane, to evolve before the
spectator's gaze during 165 minutes. Mason's family is interpreted by a deeply
touching Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as the
annoying older sister.
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