2026 Seagull Journey · Jing'an AI Film and Television College Student OPC Creation Outstanding Works Showcase Event Held

On October 24, the 2026 Seagull Journey · Jing'an AI Film and Television College Student OPC Creation Outstanding Works Showcase, themed "Digital-Intelligent Shanghai, Films Connecting the World, Twelve Shichens Creating and Envisioning Jing'an," was held at the Jing'an International Reception Hall. It is understood that this event, relying on Seagull Hui · Jing'an, the city's first district-level workstation of the "Seagull Plan" for female college students, not only promotes the deep coupling of college student creative resources with Jing'an District's ultra-high-definition audiovisual industry, but is also a concrete practice by Jing'an District in aligning with the municipal Party committee's requirement of "integrated innovation of commerce, culture, creativity, and technology" and implementing the "two axes, one belt, three zones" spatial layout of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Building on the urban district's industrial endowments, young people's light and shadow express all phenomena. It is reported that, as an important supporting event within the Jing'an section of the 2026 International Audiovisual Art Carnival, the "Seagull Journey · Jing'an AI Film and Television College Student OPC Creation" activity has, since its launch in August this year, carried out a public welfare creation training camp, selecting 84 people on a competitive basis from nearly 200 Shanghai college students who registered, forming 33 creation teams. During a twenty-day creation cycle, the trainees closely followed the three major creation directions of the twelve shichens, Shanghai-style culture, and future industries, transforming Jing'an's urban landscape, historical context, and future scenarios into AI micro-films, animations, and other audiovisual works, producing a total of 25 films and concept demos and achieving full-process coverage from skills training to practical creation. The event site featured an AI film and television works garden party, with shortlisted works presented in centralized roadshows, guests, teachers, and students engaging in interactive exchanges, and on-site voting completed simultaneously. The event also set up a multi-level recognition system. Among them, Tongji University (Tongji Bay), Shanghai Conservatory of Music (Shangyin Bay), Shanghai University (Shangda Bay), and Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University (Xianda Bay) won the Outstanding Organization Award; the three works "Kou · Yuan," "Alien Observation Log," and "Imprint" won the "Most Creative Expression Award" for their unique narrative perspectives and visual language; the two works "Fingertips Through a Thousand Years" and "Nonghao Jing'an" won the "Best Audiovisual Technology Award" for their outstanding performance in AI video generation and audiovisual presentation; and the Shanghai University team's work "Return to Earth: Jing'an Scientific Expedition Team" took the highest honor, the "Best Picture Award," with its grand narrative and delicate narrative emotion. These works organically combine AI generation technology with Jing'an's century-old Shanghai-style heritage and cutting-edge digital industry, reflecting young creators' in-depth observation of urban space. Industry-creation matchmaking promotes transformation, roundtable dialogue builds ecology. The showcase was not only a centralized review of college students' creative achievements, but also an effective link from competition works to entrepreneurial incubation. An AI film and television project order signing ceremony was held simultaneously at the event site. Song Xiaomei, COO of the order provider Yantu Technology, and student Cheng Benshu of Shanghai University's "Shangda Bay" and the main creator of the Best Picture signed a cooperation agreement, and the two sides will carry out deep incubation around an AI cultural tourism advertising project. It is worth mentioning that this event opened up the complete chain of "training—creation—incubation." Award-winning trainees will be included in the Jing'an AI Film and Television Talent Pool and the Women's Talent Pool, with priority recommendations for matching with internship and employment opportunities at AIGC, film and television, and cultural and creative enterprises in the district, and outstanding works can receive OPC entrepreneurial incubation support. In the roundtable interview session, guests including Wang Zhijia, Party Secretary of the Science and Economic Work Committee of Jing'an District; Ru Xiling, Chairwoman of the District Women's Federation; Wang Qi, Executive Director of the AI Film and Television Technology Fund of the China Film Foundation; and Wang Zhizhen, an intellectual property protection expert at Haotian Law Firm, held in-depth dialogue around the theme of "College Student OPC Entrepreneurship in the AI Era." From the dimensions of industrial policy, technology monetization, and copyright protection, the guests provided young creators with practical guidance from creativity to entrepreneurship, emphasizing that "young people empower an outstanding urban district with creativity, and Jing'an must even more support young talent in pursuing their dreams with fertile ground." Next, Jing'an District will continue to rely on the "Seagull Hui · Jing'an" platform, deepen city-district linkage, departmental linkage, and campus-district linkage, and continuously expand the complete ecosystem of talent cultivation, industrial incubation, and employment matchmaking. It will continue, with the broad-mindedness of embracing all rivers, to attract more outstanding young people to study, practice, work, and start businesses here, so that young people's vitality and creativity can truly be transformed into new momentum driving the district's high-quality development.