Richard Linklater kaThixo "Boyhood" uya kufumana Ibhaso leFipresci njengefilimu egqwesileyo yonyaka Umnyhadala weSan Sebastian.
Ifilimu ibekwe kwezinye izihloko ezinkulu ezifana «I-Grand Grand Budapest Hotel» nguWes Anderson, ibhaso leGrand Jury kulo nyaka eBerlinale, «Ida» nguPawel Pawlikowski, eyona filimu ibalaseleyo kwiminyhadala efana neyaseLondon okanye eWarsaw kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye «Ukulala ebusika»nguNuri Bilge Ceylan, ophumelele iPalme d'Or kuMnyhadala weFilimu weCannes wokugqibela.
Siyakhumbula ukuba «Umfana» ebekhona kulo nyaka iBerlinale apho ithe yaphumelela imbasa yeyona ndlela iphambili neyathi kungekudala phambi kokuba inikezelwe kuMnyhadala weSundance kwicandelo lee-Premieres, yafumana ukunconywa kakhulu.
Namhlanje yenye yezona zithandwa kakhulu kulo nyaka Amabhaso ama-Academy kunye neyona nto ixabiswa kakhulu ngabagxeki abakhethekileyo, enika i-99% ukuphononongwa okulungileyo kwiiTomato eziBolileyo kunye ne-100 kwi-Metacritic.
Umsebenzi omtsha we URichard Linklater, eyadutyulwa kwiminyaka eyi-12, isaqhubeka iphumelela iimbasa kwindlela yokuqinisekisa izifundiswa ukuba lo nyaka kufuneka ibe ngowabo. Kunzima ukuphumelela i-stuettes kuba kulo nyaka i-heavyweights ngaphandle kokubuya kwe-Oscar, njengoChristopher Nolan, uDavid Fincher okanye uPaul Thomas Anderson, kodwa ubuncinane kufuneka ifumane ukutyunjwa kwiindidi eziphambili ezifana nefilimu engcono kunye nolwalathiso olungcono.