Shanghai TV Festival closes

The 14th Shanghai TV Festival wrapped up Saturday night. It ended with the star clustered presentation of the Magnolia TV Awards. "Golden Marriage" walked away with the hotly contested award for best TV series.

"Golden Marriage" was the most popular and critically acclaimed TV series of 2007. The series recounts the story of a couple - the seasoning of their bond, and the social change around them through 50-years of marriage. The story seemed to resonate with television audiences.

Zheng Xiaolong, the director for the series was crowned "Best Director". The principal actors Jiang Wenli and Zhang Guoli took home the "Best Actress" and "Best Actor" awards respectively.

The Drama also took the "Silver Award" for a television series. But it was "Soldiers' Sortie" that earned the Golden Award.

In the Documentary category, "Hong" produced by the Shanghai Media Group, won the best Social Documentary Category. The French production, "The Rape of Nanking" won the Golden Award as the best Historical Documentary.

A Canadian documentary "Achieving the Unachievable" earned a Special Jury Award.

This year more than 40 entries competed for top awards in four major categories.