On the evening of June 15, the award ceremony of the 24th Shanghai TV Festival "Magnolia Blooming" was held in Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
Shen Haixiong, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and director of CCTV, Ying Yong, deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and mayor of Shanghai, Zhou Huilin, member of the party group and deputy director of the State Administration of Radio and Television, Gao Xiaomei, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, and Weng Tiehui, deputy mayor of Shanghai attended the award ceremony.
After the final selection by a jury composed of Chinese and foreign TV artists, the Magnolia Awards were announced one by one at the award ceremony. He Bing and Ma Yili won the best actor and actress respectively, White Deer Plain won the best China TV series, and director Liu Jin also won the best director with White Deer Plain.
This TV Festival has collected more than 800 outstanding programs from more than 50 countries and regions, and 55 works have been shortlisted, including China TV series 10 and overseas TV series 10. In order to promote the emergence of more high-quality works with profound thoughts, exquisite art and excellent production in the creation of domestic TV dramas, the Magnolia Award selection of this Shanghai TV Festival continues to pay attention to directors, actors and screenwriters. At the same time, in order to encourage TV drama workers to carry forward the craftsman spirit and persist in Excellence, two production technology awards, namely, Best Photography and Best Art, have been added. In order to encourage China TV workers to take the step of "going out" and show the excellent Chinese culture to the world through TV dramas, this TV Festival has also set up an international communication award.