LOS ANGELES — Adult consumer magazine Adam Film World Guide announced today its award recipients for the best titles and performers of 2007.
"Each year seems to be getting better than the last, which is fairly impressive considering that you think the industry has done everything that it possible can do," AFWG Editor-in-Chief Anthony Petkovich told AVN. "But, they keep producing nastier stuff, the girls continue to get prettier, and the features have budgets that seem to be increasing and becoming more mainstream."
Big winners include Wicked Pictures, Zero Tolerance, Jules Jordan Video, and critics' darling SexZ Pictures.
SexZ Pictures' futuristic thriller Upload jacked the awards for Best Movie and Best Director (Eli Cross). The studio achieved a similar feat in 2006 with Cross's Corruption.
"Upload, of course, had great direction, impressive sets, and fairly good acting - except for Eva Angelina who mumbled through her lines," noted Petkovich. "But there was a lot of technical jargon. I think her Brando-esque mumblings helped get her through it."
Petkovich, however, remains a big fan of Angelina (AVN's Best Actress-Video winner) adding, "Her scenes are great and she's finally doing anal and DPs. She's really cooking now."
The magazine named Belladonna as their Best Directrix of the Year for her gleefully twisted Iodine Girl. "She directs like a guy," explained Petkovich. "She can see things from a male viewer's perspective, which is what you want to do if you're gonna be a female director in porn. You don't want to direct for the girls; you want to direct for the guys because they're the ones who are going to be watching. And, that's especially true for a Belladonna movie which is pretty edgy and no-holds-barred."
Wicked Pictures scored 6 victories including Best Comedy (Operation: Desert Stormy), Best Epic (The Craving), and Best Screenplay (Coming Home). Contract players Stormy Daniels and Kaylani Lei also nabbed awards for Actress of the Year and Porn Cumback of the Year respectively.
"The Craving had eye-popping sets and interesting horror-themed stories with hot sex and creative plot twists-very 'Night Gallery' and 'Twilight Zone'-ish," Petkovich described. "And Stormy ... she just keeps improving her work every year."
In performer catogories, Bree Olson was named Starlet of the Year; Club Jenna girl Lela Star took Best Latin Starlet; Milf of the Year went to Sienna West; and Lexi Belle awoke to discover she was AFWG's Teen Dream of the Year.
But it's Female Performer of the Year Annette Schwarz who gets Petkovich's utmost respect.
"Annette does anything and anyone anytime. She prefers cum in the eye and, if she doesn't get it in her eye, she'll put it in her eye," he said. "I've been on a set where she put cum from 3 or 4 guys directly on her eye-everyone was impressed with that. She's a blonde Amazonian type, fabulously filthy."
Rivaling Schwarz's outrageousness is Chatsworth Pictures' Cuckold, named Most Outrageous Series.
"The Johnson Brothers are just total maniacs but in the best possible sense of word," enthused Petkovich. "Great satirists. We thought Cuckold was a really great idea and, of course, they were the first company to come out with a cuckold series-now everybody is doing it-and are still doing it best as far as we're concerned."
Lifetime Achievement nods went to industry legends Amber Lynn and Michael Ninn.
Below is a complete list of AFWG winners:
Best Movie
Upload (SexZ Pictures)
Best Director
Eli Cross, Upload (SexZ Pictures)
Best Screenplay
Brad Armstrong, Coming Home (Wicked Pictures)
Best Gonzo Movie
X Rated (Metro Interactive)
Best Comedy
Operation Desert Stormy (Wicked Pictures)
Best Epic
The Craving (Wicked Pictures)
Best Fetish Movie
Fashionistas Safado: Berlin (Evil Angel)
Best Interracial Movie
Racial Tension 2 (Mike John Prod./Jules Jordan Video)
Starlet Of The Year
Bree Olson
Female Performer Of The Year
Annette Schwarz
Male Performer Of The Year
John Strong
Best Gonzo Director
Jules Jordan (Jules Jordan Video)
Best Interactive-Sex Movie
Interactive Sex With Jenna Haze (Zero Tolerance)
Most Outrageous Movie
The Hitchhiker (Sin City)
Alt-Porn Movie Of The Year
Porny Monster (VCA)
Best Couples Movie
Eden (Adam & Eve)
Best Gonzo Comedy
Babysitters (Digital Playground)
Directrix Of The Year
Belladonna, Iodine Girl (Evil Angel)
Actress Of The Year
Stormy Daniels, Operation Desert Stormy (Wicked Pictures)
Actor Of The Year
Randy Spears, Black Widow (Wicked Pictures)
Best Latin Starlet
Lela Star
Best Asian Starlet
Lana Croft
Teen Dream Of The Year
Lexi Belle
Best European Female Performer
Jessica Moore
Best European Male Performer
Franco Roccaforte
Big-Butt Babe of the Year
Brianna Love
Big-Boob Babe Of The Year
Whitney Stevens
Best Editing
Layout (Vivid)
Squirt Queen Of The Year
Annie Cruz (Elegant Angel)
Best Special Effects
Supernatural (Wicked Pictures)
Best Foreign Fetish Movie
Maison Erotique (Evil Angel/Harmony)
Best Foreign Director
Tanya Hyde
Best Vignette Movie
Dreamgirlz (Third Degree Films)
Best Videography
Lady Scarface (Adam & Eve)
Best Box Cover Art
Pinup Perversions (Club Jenna)
Best Ongoing Series
Control (Digital Playground)
Best Couples Series
Ibiza Sex Party (Private/Pure Play Media)
Best Anal-Themed Series
In Thru The Back Door (Vouyer Media)
Best Girl-Girl Vignette Series
Girlvana 3 (Zero Tolerance)
Best Blowjob Series
Blow Me Sandwich (Zero Tolerance)
Best Foreign Series
Young Harlots (Evil Angel/Harmony)
Best Girl-Girl Series
No Man's Land (Video Team/Metro)
Best Euro Gonzo Series
Sexual Rage (Red Light District)
Best Gangbang Series
Gangbang Auditions (Diabolic)
Best Foot-Fetish Series
Barefoot Confidential (Kick Ass)
Best 2 On 1 Series
Double Play (Digital Sin)
Best Squirt Series
So You Think You Can Squirt? (Elegant Angel)
Best Asian Series
Me Luv U Long Time (Red Light District)
Best Latin Series
Slutinas (Platinum X)
Best Orgy Series
Oriental Orgy World (Evasive Angles)
Best All-Girl Orgy Series
Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party (Cousin Stevie/Pure Play Media)
Best Teen Series
Wasted Youth (Red Light District)
Best MILF Series
Cheating Housewives (Smash Pictures)
Best Cream Pie Series
All Internal (Jules Jordan Video)
Best Interracial Series
Women Of Color (Anabolic)
Most Outrageous Series
Cuckold (Chatsworth Pictures/JM Productions)
Best Big-Butt Series
Big Wet Asses (Elegant Angel)
Best Big-Tit Series
Great Big Titties (New Sensations)
Best P.O.V. Series
Jack In Me P.O.V. (Vouyer Media)
Best DVD
Operation Desert Stormy (Wicked Pictures)
Best Classic DVD
The Devil In Miss Jones: Definitive Collector's Edition (VCX)
Best Classic DVD Reissue Company
Video-X-Pix
Best Reissue DVD
Flashpoint X (Wicked Pictures/Adam & Eve)
Best New Porn Company
Hellhouse Media
Best Teen Release Company
Silver Sinema
Best Asian Release Company
Third World Media
Best Latin Release Company
Evasive Angles
Porn Cumback of the Year
Kaylani Lei
M.I.L.F. of the Year
Sienna West (Exquisite Multimedia)
Best Pure Amateur Company
Homegrown Video
Crossover Female Performer Of The Year
Amy Fisher
Amy Fisher Caught On Tape
(Red Light District)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Amber Lynn
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Ninn
Contract Starlet Of The Year
Amy Ried
(Third Degree Films)
