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Pornographic Film Awards
This is a list of pornographic film awards from around the world. While pornographic films may not have been around as long as other forms of pornography, they have quickly become the most popular form in which pornography is viewed. The industry has grown to become an important staple of the entertainment world as well as create a large industry within itself. The most well known awards are the AVN Awards with it being the first of its kind as well as the largest and most prestigious. The earliest awards were often obscure and taboo but now many have become so popular and mainstream that many famous stars have even appeared at the events and many artists have also performed during the award shows. Awards for the webcam model industry have also been created with the first being held in 2014. Europe *European Gay Porn Awards Australia *Australian Adult Industry Awards Belgium * Brussels International Festival of Eroticism Brazil * Sexy Hot Award Canada *Feminist Porn Award F ...
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Pornographic Films
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse and satisfy the viewer. Pornographic films present sexual fantasies and usually include erotically stimulating material such as nudity ( softcore) and sexual intercourse (hardcore). A distinction is sometimes made between "erotic" and "pornographic" films on the basis that the latter category contains more explicit sexuality, and focuses more on arousal than storytelling; the distinction is highly subjective. Pornographic films are produced and distributed on a variety of media, depending on the demand and technology available, including traditional film stock in various formats, home video, DVDs, Internet download, cable TV, in addition to other media. Today, pornographic films are sold or rented on DVD; shown through Internet streaming, special channels and pay-per-view on cable and satellite; and viewed in rapidly disappearing adu ...
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Sky PerfecTV! Adult Broadcasting Awards
The Sky PerfecTV! Adult Broadcasting Awards are given for performances in adult video programs shown on SKY PerfecTV! satellite TV channels in Japan. The awards complement those presented by the AV Open / AV Grand Prix contests which are given for adult videos sold in retail outlets or on the internet. SKY PerfecTV! SKY PerfecTV! (スカイパーフェクTV!) is Japan's largest satellite TV broadcaster with more than 4 million subscribers. The service is run by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, a corporation which includes various companies involved in TV, cable, telecommunications and satellites. SKY Perfect is owned by Japanese conglomerates Itochu Corporation, Fuji Television and Sony Corporation. Their channel list includes several adult offerings on channels 100 to 103 (Power Plat's), 110 to 114 (Perfect Choice), 371 (エンタ!371), and 900 to 917 (except 908-909). The adult programming ranges from the Playboy channel to extreme fetish videos (Dynamite TV 916). 2005 Awards Th ...
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List Of Film Awards
This is a list of groups, organizations, and festivals that recognize achievements in film, cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the "Oscar" for Hollywood's Academy Awards), which are mentioned if applicable. Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award. Awards have been divided into four major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of film criticism, critics; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival; industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry; and audience awards, which are voted by the general public. Critics' awards International * FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) Awards, given by the International Federation of Film Critics at various film festivals *Cannes Film Festival (Cannes film festival) is one of ...
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List Of Adult Industry Awards
This list of adult industry awards is an index to articles about notable awards related to the sex industry. The list gives the country of the awarding organization, but recipients are not necessarily limited to that country. A general list is followed by lists of gay and American pornographic films. General Gay pornographic films American pornographic films See also * List of pornographic film awards * List of gay pornography awards * List of Japanese adult video awards (1991–2008) * Lists of awards * List of business and industry awards References {{DEFAULTSORT:Adult industry awards Adult industry The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of businesses that either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment. The industry includes activities involving direct provision of sex-related ...
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X-Rated Critics Organization
The X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) is a group of writers and editors from the American adult entertainment industry who each year present awards in recognition of achievement within the industry. After the controversy and criticism of the Best Erotic Scene win for the movie ''Virginia'' in 1984 at the Adult Film Association of America awards, the XRCO and its "Heart-On Awards" were founded.Robert Rimmer, ''The X-Rated Videotape Guide'', Prometheus Books, 1993. History The organization was founded in 1984, consisting of writers from Los Angeles, New York City and Philadelphia. Jim Holliday, AVN Award-winning producer and historian, is considered the founding father of the X-Rated Critics Organization. After Holliday's death, the position of XRCO Historian was temporarily filled by XRCO founding member Bill Margold until 2006. James Avalon, a former editor of ''Adam Film World''’s special editions, was also a founding member of XRCO. XRCO's original Chairman, Jared Rutte ...
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Pornhub Awards
Pornhub is a Canadian-owned internet pornography website. It is one of several pornographic video-streaming websites owned by MindGeek. , Pornhub is the 10th-most-trafficked website in the world and the second-most-trafficked adult website after XVideos. Pornhub was launched in Montreal, Canada, in 2007. Pornhub also has an office and servers in Limassol, Cyprus. In March 2010, the company was bought by MindGeek (known then as Manwin), which owns numerous other pornographic websites. The site is available internationally but has been blocked by some individual countries such as India, mainland China, the Philippines, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It offers virtual reality porn, amongst other products, and hosts the Pornhub Awards annually. Incidents have been reported of Pornhub hosting non-consensual pornography. The company has been criticized for slow or inadequate responses to some of these incidents, including the hosting of the high-profile channel GirlsDoPorn, which was close ...
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Hard Choice Awards
The following are awards for gay pornography including ones that are no longer given. The list is organized by award and by year for each award. GayVN Awards The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by ''AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'', ...
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Grabby Awards
Grabby Awards (better known as The Grabbys) are presented annually in Chicago to honor work done in the gay adult erotic video industry. The awards are sponsored by ''GRAB Magazine.'' The Grabby Awards and ''GRAB Magazine'' are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC''.'' The awards were owned until 2009 by ''Gay Chicago Magazine''. ''GRAB'' ''Magazine'' ''GRAB'' is a Chicago, Illinois, LGBT entertainment magazine. The biweekly publication is distributed free in the Chicago area. Founded in 2009 by Stacy Bridges and Mark Nagel. ''GRAB'' organizes the annual Grabby Awards (better known as ''The Grabbys'') to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. Both ''GRAB'' magazine and the Grabby Awards are owned and operated by Grabbys, LLC. Beginnings The first Grabby Awards (formally known as Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards) were given in 1991, when the awards were listed in the year-end issue of ''Gay Chicago Magazine''. Awards given that year included "Burnout of the Year", "Comeback ...
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Golden Dickie Awards
The following are awards for gay pornography including ones that are no longer given. The list is organized by award and by year for each award. GayVN Awards The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by ''AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'', ...
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Gay Erotic Video Awards
The following are awards for gay pornography including ones that are no longer given. The list is organized by award and by year for each award. GayVN Awards The GAYVN Awards are presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornography industry. The awards are sponsored by ''AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'', ...
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GayVN Awards
The GayVN Awards are film awards presented annually to honor work done in the gay pornographic industry. The awards were sponsored by '' AVN Magazine'', the parent publication of ''GAYVN Magazine'', and continue the recognition for gay pornography which was part of the AVN Awards from 1986–1998. The awards went on a hiatus after the 2011 ceremony and returned in 2018. The award recipients are listed below by the year of the award ceremony. In 1998, the first year of the awards, awards were given for that current year's work. Starting with the awards show held in 2000, the awards were given for the previous year's work. For example, the 8th GAYVN Awards were held Thursday, March 9, 2006; awards were given for the movies that were released in 2005. The awards have been held annually since 2000. The current record-holder for the most wins in one year is Lucas Entertainment's ''Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita'' (2006), which won 14 awards in 2007. The previous record-holder with ...
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UK Adult Film And Television Awards
The UK Adult Film and Television Awards (UKAFTAs) were a short-lived annual awards ceremony for the adult industry in the United Kingdom, which ran for two years from 2006 to 2008. Redzone Pictures and adult video producer Phil Black organised the awards in an attempt to promote the adult film industry in the UK. The inaugural awards show was held on 17 November 2006 at the Hammersmith Palais, London and was hosted by adult film performer and director Ben Dover. There were around thirty award categories, honouring performance, production, and technical achievements in film, television, and the Internet. Notable award nominees included the TV series ''The Secret Diary of a Call Girl'', starring Billie Piper, which was nominated for "Best Soft Core Production" at the 29 November 2007 Awards. The 2008 awards were the last to be held, with one commentator, in 2013, attributing the award's demise to insufficient financial backing or bad planning and promotion. 2006 winners Performers ...
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