"Our Very Own," the film shot in and about Shelbyville, won three Prism Awards this week.

The film won Best TV Movie in a tie with "Augusta, Gone." Awards for Best Performance in a TV Movie/Miniseries went to both Allison Janney and Keith Carradine for their performance of Joan and Billy Whitfield in the feature.

"Our Very Own" was conceived by Shelbyville native Cameron Watson and is a semi-autobiographic tale set in 1978.

The movie is described as an "engaging coming-of-age story about believing in your dreams" which stars "hot, up-and-coming teen stars Jason Ritter, Hilarie Burton and Autumn Reeser and four-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney."

"Itching to leave small-town life in Shelbyville, Tennessee, five friends are sent into a frenzy when they learn hometown-girl-turned-Hollywood-star Sondra Locke may be returning. Believing she's their ticket out, they do everything they can to make it happen," according to promotion for the upcoming DVD release.

According to Watson's blog for the movie, Carradine was supposed to have joined them for the award presentation, but a last minute conflict arose and he couldn't attend, so Janney accepted the award for both of them.

"This is a great honor considering the subject matter and we are all so happy to have been recognized. A special congratulations to Allison and Keith," Watson said.

The Prism awards are presented every year by the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) and is a nationally-televised awards show "recognizing the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive, music, video, and comic book entertainment."

Other winners in the various TV categories included Fox's "Family Guy" and "House," ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and NBC's "ER." "Thank You for Smoking" and "Sherrybaby" drew the top movie awards. The ceremony was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Monday.

The film was bought by Miramax Films last November and was broadcast on STARZ in December. Watson confirmed earlier this month that the movie will be released on DVD on July 3 and is available for pre-order. An image of the movie's DVD cover was revealed on Amazon.com this week.

The movie was 2005 Grand Prize for Best Feature Film winner of the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival and the Rome International Film Festival's Special Jury Prize.

Shelbyville audiences were treated to a Hollywood-style premiere in August of 2005 with several screenings held for local residents. The world premiere was held at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June of 2005.