British Independent Film Award for Best Sound

Awarded for| Best Sound
Country| United Kingdom
Presented by| BIFA
First awarded| 2017
Currently held by| Mark Jenkin for Enys Men (2023)
Website| www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Sound is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best sound in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 2017 ceremony.

Prior to 2017, sound was included in the category Best Technical Achievement alongside different areas of crafts in film, this category was presented from 2001 to 2016.

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

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Best Technical Achievement
Year  | Film  | Recipient(s)  | Area

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2001
(4th)
[1] | The Warrior | Roman Osin | Cinematography
Alone | Jonathan Rudd | Editing
Enigma | John Beard | Production Design
High Heels and Low Lifes | Jany Temime | Costume Design
2002
(5th)
[2][3] | Morvern Callar | Alwin H. Küchler | Cinematography
24 Hour Party People | Mark Tildesley | Production Design
Lawless Heart | Scott Thomas | Editing
Bloody Sunday | Ivan Strasburg | Cinematography
2003
(6th)
[4][5] | In This World | Peter Christelis | Editing
16 Years of Alcohol | John Rhodes | Cinematography
Bright Young Things | Michael Howells | Production Design
Buffalo Soldiers | David Holmes | Music
In This World | Tim Alban, Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson | Sound
2004
(7th)
[6] | Touching the Void | Mike Eley | Cinematography
Bride and Prejudice | Eduardo Castro, Ralph Wheeler-Holes | Costume Design
Code 46 | Mark Tildesley | Production Design
Dead Man's Shoes | Lucas Roche, Chris Wyatt | Editing
Enduring Love | Haris Zambarloukos | Cinematography
2005
(8th)
[7] | The Descent | Jon Harris | Editing
The Constant Gardener | César Charlone | Cinematography
The Libertine | Ben Van Os | Production Design
A Cock and Bull Story | Peter Christelis | Editing
Mrs Henderson Presents | Sandy Powell | Costume Design
2006
(9th)
[8][9] | The Last King of Scotland | Anthony Dod Mantle | Cinematography
The Queen | Alan MacDonald | Production Design
Daniel Phillips | Makeup
This Is England | Ludovico Einaudi | Music
The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Barry Ackroyd | Cinematography
2007
(10th)
[10][11] | Sunshine | Mark Tildesley | Production Design
28 Weeks Later | Enrique Chediak | Cinematography
Control | Martin Ruhe
And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Trevor Waite | Editing
Hallam Foe | Colin Monie, David Mackenzie | Music
2008
(11th)
[12][13] | Hunger | Sean Bobbitt | Cinematography
The Duchess | Michael O'Connor | Costume Design
Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle | Cinematography
In Bruges | Jon Gregory | Editing
Shifty | Harry Escott, Molly Nyman | Music
2009
(12th)
[14][15] | Bright Star | Greig Fraser | Cinematography
Moon | Clint Mansell | Music
Tony Noble | Production Design
Bunny and the Bull | Gary Williamson
Fish Tank | Robbie Ryan | Cinematography

### 2010s

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Best Technical Achievement
Year  | Film  | Recipient(s)  | Area

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2010
(13th)
[16][17] | Monsters | Gareth Edwards | Visual Effects
The Arbor | Tim Barker | Sound
The King's Speech | Eve Stewart | Production Design
Brighton Rock | John Mathieson | Cinematography
The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet | Animation
2011
(14th)
[18][19] | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Maria Djurkovic | Production Design
We Need to Talk about Kevin | Seamus McGarvey | Cinematography
Shame | Sean Bobbitt
Joe Walker | Editing
Senna | Chris King, Gregers Sall
2012
(15th)
[20][21] | Berberian Sound Studio | Joakim Sundström | Sound Design
Berberian Sound Studio | Nic Knowland | Cinematography
Ginger and Rosa | Robbie Ryan
Broken | Electric Wave Bureau | Music
The Imposter | Andrew Hulme | Editing
2013
(16th)
[22][23] | The Selfish Giant | Amy Hubbard | Casting
Locke | Justine Wright | Editing
Starred Up | Shaheen Baig | Casting
Under the Skin | Johnnie Burn | Sound Design
Mica Levi | Music
2014
(17th)
[24][25] | Frank | Stephen Rennicks | Music
'71 | Chris Wyatt | Editing
Tat Radcliffe | Cinematography
Catch Me Daddy | Robbie Ryan
Mr. Turner | Dick Pope
2015
(18th)
[26][27] | Ex Machina | Andrew Whitehurst | Visual Effects
Amy | Chris King | Editing
Brooklyn | Fiona Weir | Casting
Ex Machina | Mark Digby | Production Design
Macbeth | Adam Arkapaw | Cinematography
2016
(19th)
[28][29] | American Honey | Robbie Ryan | Cinematography
Free Fire | Shaheen Baig | Casting
The Girl with All the Gifts | Seb Barker | Visual Effects
Notes on Blindness | Joakim Sundström | Sound Design
Oasis: Supersonic | Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross | Editing

Best Sound
Year  | Film  | Recipient(s)

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2017
(20th)
[30][31] | God's Own Country | Anna Bertmark
Breathe | Becki ´Ponting, Ian Wilson
I Am Not a Witch | Maiken Hansen
Jawbone | Andy Shelley, Steve Griffiths
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Joakim Sundström
2018
(21st)
[32][33] | You Were Never Really Here | Paul Davies
American Animals | Andrew Stirk
The Favourite | Johnnie Burn
A Prayer Before Dawn | Séverin Favriau
Time Trial | CJ Mirra
2019
(22nd)
[34][35] | Beats | David Bowtle-McMillan, Joakim Sundström, Robert Farr
Diego Maradona | Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh, Andy Shelley
Gwen | Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale, Jules Woods
In Fabric | Martin Pavey, Rob Entwistle
Wild Rose | Colin Nicolson, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker

### 2020s

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Year  | Film  | Recipient(s)

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2020
(23rd)
[36][37] | The Reason I Jump | Nick Ryan, Ben Baird, Sara de Oliveira Lima
His House | Adrian Bell, Glenn Freemantle, Frank Kruse, Brendan Nicholson, Richard Pryke
Host | Calum Sample
Mogul Mowgli | Paul Davies, Robert Farr, Nigel Albermaniche, Ian Morgan
Saint Maud | Paul Davies, Simon Farmer, Andrew Stirk
2021
(24th)
[38] | Boiling Point | James Drake, Rob Entwistle, Kiff McManus
Cow | Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Linda Forsen
Censor | Tim Harrison, Jamie Roden, Adele Fletcher
IN THE EⱯRTH | Martin Pavey
Encounter | Andrew Stirk, Paul Davies, Morgan Muse, Bernard O'Reilley, Julian Howarth
2022
(25th)
[39][40] | Flux Gourmet | Tim Harrison, Raoul Brand, Cassandra Rutledge
Men | Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders, Howard Bargoff, Mitch Low
Aftersun | Jovan Adjer
The Wonder | Hugh Fox, Ben Baird
The Feast | Dom Corbisiero, Dai Shell
2023
(25th)
[41][42] | Enys Men | Mark Jenkin
All of Us Strangers | Joakim Sundström, Per Bostrom, and Stevie Haywood
The End We Start From | Jens Rosenlund-Petersen, Amy Felton, Joe Jackson, Tim Cavagin, and Lori Dovi
How to Have Sex | Steve Fanagan
Scrapper | Ben Baird, Jack Wensley, Adam Fletcher, and Alexej Mungersdorff
2024
(27th)
[43] | Kneecap | Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand and Simon Kerr
Love Lies Bleeding | Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh and Tim Burns
Civil War | Glen Freemantle
The Outrun | Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr and Gregor Bonse
Lee | Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major and Jimmy Boyle

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