CEDIA has revealed the shortlisted finalists for the project categories in the 2017 CEDIA Awards, which celebrate the best media room, home cinema, integrated home and super-yacht installations from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

“We have been overwhelmed with the standard of the submissions this year. The standard increases every year and it’s great to see the amount of professionalism and technical excellence our members continue to offer their clients. I’d like to thank all of our technical judges this year for their support and dedication throughout the process so far and we look forward to announcing the winners in September,” says CEDIA EMEA managing director Matt Nimmons.

All shortlisted entries will be automatically placed into two additional sub-categories, Best Documentation and Best Dressed Rack. The finalists for all categories will go through a second round of judging, which will take place next month at the CEDIA headquarters in St Neots.

The shortlisted finalists are:

Best Media Room £20,000 and under

• Twentytwo Integration (UK)
• Inspired Dwellings (UK)

Best Media Room £20,000 – £80,000

• Sound Sense (India)
• Life Emotions (Portugal)

Best Media Room £80,000 and over

• Luxury Engineering (Russia)
• Synergy Technologies (Pakistan)

Best Home Cinema £40,000 and under

• Cyberhomes (UK)
• Finite Solutions (UK)
• Philharmonic (UK)

Best Home Cinema £40,000 – £120,000

• New Wave AV (UK)
• Sound Sense (India)
• Pyramid AV (UK)
• Bespoke Home Cinemas (UK)
• Smartcomm (UK)

Best Home Cinema £120,000- £240,000

• Clever Association (UK)
• Finite Solutions (UK)

Best Integrated Home £120,000 and Under

• Brownhen Solutions (UK)
• Cyberhomes (UK)
• K Lifestyle Integration (Cyprus)
• Twentytwo Integration (UK)
• Inspired Dwellings (UK)

Best Integrated Home £120,000 – £240,000

• Pyramid AV (UK)
• Archimedia (Dubai)

Best Integrated Home £240,000 – £360,000

• Clearly Automated (UK)
• BNC Technology (South Africa)
• Smartcomm (UK)

Best Integrated Home £360,000 and over

• NV Integration (UK)
• Henri (France)
• Finite Solutions (UK)

Best Innovative Solution

• Perfect Integration (UK)
• Clever Association (UK)
• Teksclusive (UK)
• Inspired Dwellings (UK)

Best Auto, Marine and Aircraft Project

• Archimedia (Dubai)
• Luxury Engineering (Russia)

Best Special Project

• Home Systems (Ukraine)
• Clever Association (UK)

Best Lighting Control and Installation

• Grahams (UK)
• Pyramid AV (UK)

Best Multiple Dwelling Unit Design

• Smartcomm (UK)
• Mosaic AV (UK)

Best Showroom

• Sound Sense (India)
• Henri (France)
• Home Systems (Ukraine)

CEDIA is still accepting entries in the Trade Supplier Categories and deadline for submission is Wednesday 12 July 2017.

The winners will be announced at the black-tie awards ceremony on Friday 29 September at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter.