# 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.
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
### 2000s
#### Best Technical Achievement

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

### 2010s
#### Best Technical Achievement

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

#### Best Sound

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

### 2020s

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