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Iranian composer Atena Eshtiaghi takes Germany’s top documentary film music prize for MATERIA PRIMA
Iranian cellist and composer Atena Eshtiaghi has won the 2026 German Documentary Film Music Award for her score to MATERIA PRIMA, Jens Schanze’s documentary on lithium extraction in Bolivia that premiered last week at CPH:DOX. It is the second time Eshtiaghi has received the prize, after winning in 2024 for My Stolen Planet. Presented by…