The screen feast has struck again, making the "vision" more exciting

Reporter Wang Xiaoli

The annual Shanghai TV Festival is both an industry event and a festival for drama fans. With the TV Festival in full swing, the annual Magnolia Awards International Outstanding Television Program Exhibition has also landed on Shanghai Radio and Television Station's Oriental Film and Television Channel, Documentary Humanities Channel, ICS Channel and Haha Xuandong Channel. This year's exhibition gathered 31 outstanding overseas dramas, documentaries and animations from many countries and regions. History, humanities, geography... The diverse themes present the colorful colors of Chinese and foreign television culture, and also open up a broad international vision for the audience.

Rich genre focus on master stories

Known as "the most perfect representative of the Renaissance", the Italian polymath leonardo da Vinci has always been shrouded in many mysteries. From today to the 11th, the multinational co-produced TV series "Leonardo" will be broadcast in the evening of the Oriental Film Channel. The work takes the ultimate in the life of one of history's most gifted minds, uncovering the stories that revolve around the experiences of this legendary artist. Intriguingly, the show does not tell the story of Leonardo da Vinci's life in a flat and straightforward way, but unfolds through two story lines, one of which is da Vinci's involvement in a murder case, and the other is the acquaintance of Da Vinci and the model Carterina. The film's starring cast is also quite eye-catching, with Irish actor Aidan Turner, who is well known to domestic audiences for starring in the "Hobbit" trilogy, playing the role of Da Vinci, and the medical drama "Good Doctor" starring Freddie Hammer as Detective Stefano Gilardi.

"Shimizu Concrete Poet" "Uncultured Japanese Ghost Talent", "Crazy Boss"... The famous architect Tadao Ando has countless labels on his body, and although he has removed five internal organs due to illness, he is still indomitablely active in the field of architectural design. Tomorrow's documentary "Tadao Ando: Message to the Next Generation," which will be broadcast on the Documentary Humanities Channel, explores the close relationship between architectural art and the development of the times by reviewing Tadao Ando's creative career. In the film, Tadao Ando is unabashed in pointing out his opinions and criticisms of the new generation, and many of his architectural works "oriented to the next generation" contain answers to break this deadlock. In addition, the ICS channel will broadcast "Genius Beethoven" tomorrow, which artistically restores the ups and downs of the legendary musician Beethoven's life and shows the audience his tenacious will to life.

Multi-genre works tell the story of China

In addition to TV dramas, the documentary and animation sections are also the highlights of the annual Magnolia Exhibition. The works selected by the organizing committee are all high-scoring and word-of-mouth works, which are enjoyed by many drama fans, and this year is no exception. A total of seven excellent documentaries at home and abroad will be broadcast by the Documentary Humanities Channel, from which the audience can find perspectives on different historical civilizations and regional cultures. For example, "Image Ark Season 2" uses the lens of National Geographic full-time photographer Joel Sarto to awaken people's enthusiasm for saving endangered species around the world.

"Years in France" presents the audience with 100 years ago in China, more than 1,800 Chinese students crossed the ocean, and in that era of great change, staged a legendary story of individuals and times, reality and future, dreams and struggles; "Little Teenagers" focuses on China's post-00s teenagers, these talented teenagers are a silhouette of china at present, and they are also the backbone of future China. In addition, "Taking the Ancient as a Friend", "Labor Without Regret", "Love Finds You in Memory", etc. also bring a number of real video stories to the audience from the perspectives of traveling through history, recording the times, and observing reality.

The 16 outstanding animation films at home and abroad that will be unveiled on the Haha Xuandong Channel bring together the latest trends in global animation, including the "Troll Elf" series well known to domestic audiences, as well as "Mother's Love Like Pouring Rain" and "Abraka" from France, the British "Mov's Epic Adventure", Russia's "Magic Fairy Baby", "Martha and the Bear" and so on.

In terms of original chinese comics, this exhibition not only has traditional bloody dramas such as "The Special Journey of Kuiba", but also familiar classics such as "Shuk Beta Season 2", and there are also sequels to the "Wu Liu Qi" series "Wu Liu Qi" series that won the Magnolia Award for Best Animation Script. The concentrated exhibition and broadcast of these excellent chinese comic works will show the achievements of the creators' efforts in the past year.

In recent years, the Shanghai TV Festival has always adhered to the important concept of "people's city built by the people, people's city for the people", continuously introduced new measures to benefit the people through culture, and strived to send high-quality and diversified screen meals to the general public. This year's Magnolia Award international outstanding television program exhibition will further meet the cultural needs of the public, make life richer, and make the "vision" circle more exciting.

Source: Wen Wei Po