INNOVATION AWARD 2026

Funke have done the double and picked up the Innovation award alongside the Best Low Noise award with their unique Flying Python compound. This 80 shot, 30mm F2 firework introduces Funke’s distinctive Python effect in a larger compound format, with coloured comet tails in four different colours bursting into unusual self-propelled stars with silver trails.

The effect is particularly unusual as the stars don't simply burst and fade like a conventional firework. Instead, they split and send smaller comets moving outwards in different directions, creating a chaotic, almost snake-like movement across the sky. The effect has previously been described as being more commonly seen in professional display shells, making it a genuinely unusual addition to the consumer fireworks market.

With 80 shots, 2kg of NEC and a duration of around 40 seconds, Flying Python combines Funke's trademark quality with an effect that looks unlike almost anything else available. It's this originality and clever use of pyrotechnic movement that makes Flying Python a worthy winner of the Innovation award.