The German film “Original Bliss” (Gleissendes Glück) by Sven Taddicken (Germany, 2016, 101 min) won the Critics Prize at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, July 1-9, 2016). The jury was headed by Mihai Chirilov, Romania, president (“Dilema Veche”). His co-jurors were Demetrios Matheou, Great Britain (“Indiewire”, “Sight and Sound”), Ohad Landesman, Israel (“Doctalk.co.il”, “Cinemateque”), Clementine Van Wijngaarden, The Netherlands (“De Volkskrant”), and Martina Vackova, Czech Republic (“Cesky Rozhlas”). Festival: www.kviff.com
See our festival reports: http://www.fipresci.org/festival-reports/2016/karlovy-vary