Young Nepali filmmaker Aditya Khadka’s short documentary film Dhartiputra—that documents a miraculous incident in last year’s quakes—bagged the Best Documentary award at the

Real Time Film Festival,

recently held in Lagos, Nigeria. The film festival is one of the most popular in Africa.

Moreover, Khadka’s documentary has been selected for screening

in five film festivals at the US,

the producers informed issuing a press note.

Dhartiputra was premiered last June, in the US, at the Scout Film Festival, where it was selected under Best Documentary category, before it was screened at the 39th Asian American International Film Festival in New York.

Meanwhile, Dhartiputra is slated to be screened at two film festival in the US—the Awareness Film Festival, in Los Angeles, US, on October 16; and Chicago International Children’s Film festival.

Dhartiputra had won the third prize at last year’s KIMFF under Seismic Shift Category.

Dhartiputra documents the miraculous survival of a four-month-old baby—who was rescued after being buried for 22 hours—in last year’s quake.

“My films being selected in so many international film festival and winning awards makes me happy. I can learn more through these festivals. I feel proud to present my Nepali film in big international platform,” says 15-year-old director Aditya Khadka.

Dhartiputra follows Khadka’s debut A Dream to Be, produced in 2014.