Jing'an AI Film and Television College Student OPC Creation Showcase Held

Today (the 24th), the 2026 Seagull Journey · Jing'an AI Film and Television College Student OPC Creation Outstanding Works Showcase, themed "Digital Intelligence Lights Up Shanghai, Creativity Shines Globally, Twelve Shichen Vision for 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—both promotes the deep integration of creative resources from university students with Jing'an District's ultra-high-definition audiovisual industry, and is a concrete practice by Jing'an District in aligning with the municipal Party committee's requirement for "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. "Seagull Hui · Jing'an," as the city's first district-level workstation of the "Seagull Plan," makes this AI film and television creation showcase a vivid practice of deeply integrating college student entrepreneurship and employment with Jing'an's regional industrial development. 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, conducted public welfare creation training camps, selecting 84 students from nearly 200 Shanghai university students who registered to form 33 creative teams. During the twenty-day creation period, participants closely followed the three creative directions of the twelve shichen, Shanghai-style culture, and future industries, transforming Jing'an's urban landscape, historical heritage, and future scenarios into AI micro-films, animations, and other video 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 fair, with shortlisted works presented in centralized roadshows, guests, teachers, and students engaging in interactive exchanges, and on-site voting completed simultaneously. The event also established 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; two works, "Fingertips Through a Millennium" and "Nong Hao Jing'an," stood out in AI video generation and audiovisual presentation and won the "Best Audiovisual Technology Award"; and the Shanghai University team's work "Return to Earth: Jing'an Scientific Expedition Team" won 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. The showcase is 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. Song Xiaomei, COO of the order provider Yantu Technology, and Cheng Benshu, a student from Shanghai University's "Shangda Bay" and the main creator of the Best Picture, signed a cooperation agreement; the two sides will carry out in-depth 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 students will be included in the Jing'an AI Film and Television Talent Pool and the Women's Talent Pool, given priority recommendations for internships and employment opportunities with 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 on 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 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 linkage, and continuously expand the complete ecosystem of talent cultivation, industrial incubation, and employment matching. It will continue, with an inclusive spirit, 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.