Official Results of the 34th Edition of the Montreal International Fireworks Competition
- Gold Jupiter – Dragon Fireworks (The Philippines)
- Silver Jupiter – steyrFire (Austria)
- Bronze Jupiter – Pyrotecnico (United States)
- Soundtrack Award – Dragon Fireworks (The Philippines)
- Green Achievement – steyrFire (Austria)
Despite the threat of heavy rains and some heavy showers throughout the evening, the grandstands at La Ronde were full for the awards ceremony. All three of the laureates produced excellent displays with two of the companies (Dragon and steyrFire) competing for the first time. Many people expected Pyrotecnico to pick up the Silver Jupiter, but their display was hampered by heavy smoke accumulation and the jury can only rate what they can see. Dragon Fireworks were clearly the audience’s favourite, just based on the reaction in the Grandstands and deserved to win the Gold as well as the best soundtrack awards. Despite the rains, the audience say back and enjoyed:
For Your Eyes Only
Designed by Michael Lutz; produced in collaboration with Panzera SAS; FireOne firing with over 6000 cues and Finale Fireworks visualizations
This out-of-competition closing display featured a tribute to James Bond and included clips from all of the actors who had played the role over the past 50 or so years. With brilliant products and exquisite use of all of the space of the display area – especially ramp 5 – the audience were treated to an extremely well produced and enjoyable closing display. Great sequences highlighted the music and lyrics perfectly – through gold glitter during “Gold Finger” and twinkling waterfall shells during “Skyfall”. Dramatic screaming whistles fired from ramp 5 were a huge crowd pleaser, as was the thunderous finale and the use of beautiful Italian studatas and farfalles throughout the display. Despite the rain, there was sufficient wind to remove the smoke and the audience returned home after a great 34th season with an announcement that the 35th edition would be running in 2019.
