Prasanna Vithanage's latest film Akasa Kusum (Flowers of the Sky) received a special jury award at the prestigious 15th Festival International des d'Asie at Vesoul in France.
Vithanage personally received the award from the Festival Director Jean-Marc Therouanne on February 14 after the film was screened to a packed audience at the Majestic Theatre, the largest cinema hall at Vesoul. Describing the film after the screening, Vithanage said he picked on a star of yesteryear as the theme for his latest venture to highlight the agony and ecstasy of film actresses all over the world.

"It's not a real life story of a star, who was popular once and has now been forgotten," he explained.

"Of course, one cannot prevent being influenced by what one observes over the years".