| British Independent Film Award for Best Editing | |
| Awarded For: | Best Editing |
| Presenter: | BIFA |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Holder: | Jonathan Alberts for All of Us Strangers (2023) |
The British Independent Film Award for Best Editing is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best editing in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 2017 ceremony.
Prior to 2017, editing was included in the category Best Technical Achievement alongside different areas of crafts in film, this category was presented from 2001 to 2016.
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 [1] | The Warrior | Roman Osin | Cinematography |
| Alone | Jonathan Rudd | Editing | |
| Enigma | John Beard | Production Design | |
| High Heels and Low Lifes | Costume Design | ||
| 2002 [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 [4] [5] | In This World | Peter Christelis | Editing |
| 16 Years of Alcohol | John Rhodes | Cinematography | |
| Bright Young Things | Production Design | ||
| Buffalo Soldiers | Music | ||
| In This World | Sound | ||
| 2004 [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 | Cinematography | ||
| 2005 [7] | The Descent | Jon Harris | Editing |
| The Constant Gardener | Cinematography | ||
| The Libertine | Production Design | ||
| A Cock and Bull Story | Peter Christelis | Editing | |
| Mrs Henderson Presents | Costume Design | ||
| 2006 [8] [9] | The Last King of Scotland | Anthony Dod Mantle | Cinematography |
| The Queen | Alan MacDonald | Production Design | |
| Makeup | |||
| This Is England | Music | ||
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Cinematography | ||
| 2007 [10] [11] | Sunshine | Mark Tildesley | Production Design |
| 28 Weeks Later | Cinematography | ||
| Control | |||
| And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Editing | ||
| Hallam Foe | Music | ||
| 2008 [12] [13] | Hunger | Sean Bobbitt | Cinematography |
| The Duchess | Costume Design | ||
| Slumdog Millionaire | Cinematography | ||
| In Bruges | Editing | ||
| Shifty | Music | ||
| 2009 [14] [15] | Bright Star | Greig Fraser | Cinematography |
| Moon | Music | ||
| Tony Noble | Production Design | ||
| Bunny and the Bull | Gary Williamson | ||
| Fish Tank | Cinematography | ||
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [16] [17] | Monsters | Gareth Edwards | Visual Effects |
| The Arbor | Tim Barker | Sound | |
| The King's Speech | Production Design | ||
| Brighton Rock | Cinematography | ||
| The Illusionist | Animation | ||
| 2011 [18] [19] | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Maria Djurkovic | Production Design |
| We Need to Talk about Kevin | Cinematography | ||
| Shame | |||
| Editing | |||
| Senna | Chris King, Gregers Sall | ||
| 2012 [20] [21] | Berberian Sound Studio | Joakim Sundström | Sound Design |
| Berberian Sound Studio | Nic Knowland | Cinematography | |
| Ginger and Rosa | |||
| Broken | Electric Wave Bureau | Music | |
| The Imposter | Andrew Hulme | Editing | |
| 2013 [22] [23] | The Selfish Giant | Amy Hubbard | Casting |
| Locke | Editing | ||
| Starred Up | Shaheen Baig | Casting | |
| Under the Skin | Johnnie Burn | Sound Design | |
| Music | |||
| 2014 [24] [25] | Frank | Stephen Rennicks | Music |
| '71 | Editing | ||
| Tat Radcliffe | Cinematography | ||
| Catch Me Daddy | |||
| Mr. Turner | Dick Pope | ||
| 2015 [26] [27] | Ex Machina | Andrew Whitehurst | Visual Effects |
| Amy | Chris King | Editing | |
| Brooklyn | Casting | ||
| Ex Machina | Mark Digby | Production Design | |
| Macbeth | Cinematography | ||
| 2016 [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 | Sound Design | ||
| Editing | |||
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 [30] [31] | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Jon Gregory |
| The Death of Stalin | Peter Lambert | |
| Jawbone | David Charap | |
| Us and Them | Joe Martin | |
| Williams | Johnny Burke | |
| 2018 [32] [33] | American Animals | Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart |
| The Favourite | Yorgos Mavropsaridis | |
| Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Ben Wheatley | |
| A Prayer Before Dawn | Marc Boucrot | |
| You Were Never Really Here | Joe Bini | |
| 2019 [34] [35] | For Sama | Chloe Lambourne, Simon McMahon |
| Bait | Mark Jenkin | |
| Diego Maradona | Chris King | |
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mick Audsley, Peter Lambert | |
| The Souvenir | Helle Le Fevre | |
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [36] [37] | The Father | Yorgos Lamprinos |
| His House | Julia Bloch | |
| Host | Brenna Rangott | |
| Rocks | Maya Maffioli | |
| Saint Maud | Mark Towns | |
| 2021 [38] | The Souvenir Part II | Helle le Fevre |
| Cow | Rebecca Lloyd, Jacob Schulsinger, Nicolas Chaudeurge | |
| Belfast | Úna Ní Dhonghaíle | |
| Censor | Mark Towns | |
| IN THE EⱯRTH | Ben Wheatley | |
| 2022 [39] [40] | Aftersun | Blair McClendon |
| Joanna Crickmay | ||
| Blue Jean | Izabella Curry | |
| Flux Gourmet | Mátyás Fekete | |
| Nothing Compares | Mich Mahon | |
| 2023 [41] [42] | All of Us Strangers | Jonathan Alberts |
| Paul Carlin | ||
| The End We Start From | Arttu Salmi | |
| High & Low – John Galliamo | Avdhesh Mohla | |
| Rye Lane | Victoria Boydell | |