Lija triumphs at Fireworks Festival

The St Michael’s Fireworks Factory from Lija took home the ‘Public Opinion’ trophy during last night’s award ceremony.

2 May 2012, 12:00am

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The winning fireworks from Lija. Photo by Mario Galea.

The 11th edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival, came to a close last night, with two pyro-musical displays by Italian company Parente Fireworks company.

However, the other highlight of the evening was certainly the announcing of the winners.

During the ceremony, Malta Tourism Authority CEO Josef Formosa Gauci thanked all those who made the International Symposium on Fireworks and the MIFF firework events "not only possible, but also a great success".

The following trophies were awarded, based on the decision of a panel of five adjudicators hailing from Japan, Portugal, Italy, Canada and Malta.

These were chaired by Michael Brockdorff.

Trophy for:

Public Opinion: St Michael's Fireworks Factory of Lija

MIFF 11th edition winners:

3rd place Jost Fireworks of Austria on 377 points

2nd place Mirnovez of Croatia on 391 points

1st place St Michael's Fireworks Factory of Lija Malta with an overriding 435 points out of a total of 500.

Trophies for participation were also presented to Apogée of Canada, Phoenix of the UK and Surex from Poland.