Shanghai Television Festival

The Shanghai Television Festival (Chinese: 上海电视节), abbreviated STVF, also known as the Shanghai International Television Festival is the first and one of the largest television festivals in East Asia. Held since 1986, STVF has become one of the most influential and prestigious international television festivals in Asia, strengthening the cooperation and communication between the Chinese media industry and the world.^[1]

The festival is also home to the annual Magnolia Awards (Chinese: 白玉兰奖; pinyin: Bai Yu Lan Jiang). Awards are handed out to both international and national productions through voting by a panel of award-winning actors, producers, directors and writers, and are the highest industry honours given.The Magnolia Awards and Gold Panda Awards, are the most prestigious international competing television festival award in China. Since 2004, the Magnolia Awards have been held every year.

History

• In 1986, with the commission of the Shanghai People's Congress, the film festival opened with entries from 16 countries. There were no awards presented.
• In 1988, the film festival created the Magnolia Awards, named after the floral emblem of Shanghai. It awarded Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary and Best Director. Until 2004, it has held an awards ceremony every 2 years.
• In 1990, the categories of Best Animation and Special Jury Award were included. The latter was discontinued in 2007.
• In 2004, the Magnolia Awards became an annual ceremony.
• In 2008, the concept of Gold and Silver Awards were introduced in several categories so more quality productions could gain recognition. This was discontinued in 2015.
• In 2009, public voting for a variety of popularity awards were included. These awards have not been given out annually.

Awards Categories

Television Series

• Best Television Series
• Best Directing for a Television Series
• Best Writing for a Television Series
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series (2015–present)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series (2015–present)
• Most Popular Director
• Most Popular Actor
• Most Popular Actress
• Most Popular New Actor
• Most Popular New Actress

Television Film

• Best Television Film or Miniseries Gold and Silver Awards
• Best Directing for a Television Film
• Best Writing for a Television Film
• Best Actor in a Television Film
• Best Actress in a Television Film

Animation

• Best Chinese Animation
• Best Foreign Animation

Documentary

• Best Asian Documentary
• Best Natural Documentary
• Best Society Documentary
• Best Director for a Documentary (since 2012)
• Best Cinematography for a Documentary (since 2012)

References

External links

• Shanghai Television Festival official site
• IMDb entry
• Chinaculture.org
• Britfilms
• 8th Annual
• 10th Annual
• 11th Annual
• 12th Annual
• 14th Annual
• 16th Annual

Chinese television award shows
Mainland China awards	China TV Golden Eagle Award Flying Apsaras Awards Shanghai Television Festival Sichuan Television Festival
Taiwan awards	Golden Bell Awards Sanlih Drama Awards
Hong Kong awards	TVB Anniversary Awards
Singapore awards	Star Awards StarHub TVB Awards
Malaysia awards	Golden Awards TVB Star Awards Malaysia