British Independent Film Award for Best Sound

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.

British Independent Film Award for Best Sound
Awarded for	Best Sound
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
First award	2017
Currently held by	Civil War – Glen Freemantle (2024)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

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

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) [1][2]	God's Own Country	Anna Bertmark
	Breathe	Becki Ponting and Ian Wilson
	I Am Not a Witch	Maiken Hansen
	Jawbone	Andy Shelley and Steve Griffiths
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Joakim Sundström
2018 (21st) [3][4]	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) [5][6]	Beats	David Bowtle-McMillan, Joakim Sundström and Robert Farr
	Diego Maradona	Stephen Griffiths, Tim Cavagin, Max Walsh and Andy Shelley
	Gwen	Anna My Bertmark, Jonathan Seale and Jules Woods
	In Fabric	Martin Pavey and Rob Entwistle
	Wild Rose	Colin Nicolson, Lee Walpole and Stuart Hilliker

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) [7][8]	The Reason I Jump	Nick Ryan, Ben Baird and Sara de Oliveira Lima
	His House	Adrian Bell, Glenn Freemantle, Frank Kruse, Brendan Nicholson and Richard Pryke
	Host	Calum Sample
	Mogul Mowgli	Paul Davies, Robert Farr, Nigel Albermaniche and Ian Morgan
	Saint Maud	Paul Davies, Simon Farmer and Andrew Stirk
2021 (24th) [9]	Boiling Point	James Drake, Rob Entwistle and Kiff McManus
	Censor	Tim Harrison, Jamie Roden and Adele Fletcher
	Cow	Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz and Linda Forsen
	Encounter	Andrew Stirk, Paul Davies, Morgan Muse, Bernard O'Reilley and Julian Howarth
	IN THE EⱯRTH	Martin Pavey
2022 (25th) [10][11]	Flux Gourmet	Tim Harrison, Raoul Brand and Cassandra Rutledge
	Aftersun	Jovan Adjer
	The Feast	Dom Corbisiero and Dai Shell
	Men	Glenn Freemantle, Ben Barker, Gillian Dodders, Howard Bargoff and Mitch Low
	The Wonder	Hugh Fox and Ben Baird
2023 (26th) [12][13]	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) [14]	Civil War	Glenn Freemantle
	Kneecap	Louise Burton, Brendan Rehill, Aza Hand and Simon Kerr
	Lee	Mike Prestwood Smith, Csaba Major and Jimmy Boyle
	Love Lies Bleeding	Paul Davies, Andrew Stirk, Linda Forsén, Rose Bladh and Tim Burns
	The Outrun	Dominik Leube, Oscar Stiebitz, Jonathan Schorr and Gregor Bonse