Delta Di Venere International Erotic Fair Wraps with Awards Show

The first ever Delta di Venere International Erotic Fair ended Sunday night with an awards show, honoring the work of a broad spectrum of the Adult industry in 36 categories ranging from Best Performer to Best Lingerie Line.

Though the awards gravitate towards the Italian Adult industry, the festival recognized international efforts as well.

AVN.com has been unable to locate the full list of those award winners, but among those honored were Digital Playground’s exclusive performer Jesse Jane, who was named Best Actress, and New Sensations’ contract director Axel Braun who was named Best Foreign Director.

This is the second Best Actress trophy Jane has earned this year for her performances, having won a similar award at the Venus Award Show in Berlin.

In accepting the award, Jane said, “I’d like to thank Digital Playground for giving me the best adult company in the business to represent, the best projects, the best directors, the best characters, the best movies and of course, the hottest girls and guys in the business!”

Braun won the Best Foreign Director category despite the fact that he was born and raised in Milan. Braun eventually moved to Los Angeles and became an American citizen in 1989.

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Axel Braun

"It’s just too damn cold over there, which is the main reason why I left, thus becoming a foreigner," Braun quipped, explaining why he didn’t attend the show.

However, there was at least one Braun present during the awards show; Axel’s father Lasse, a legendary pornographer, was on hand to accept a special Lifetime Achievement Award from show organizers.

Organizers say the three-day festival is designed to become an annual gathering comparable to Erotica in London, Ficeb in Barcelona, Venus-Eroticmesse in Berlin and the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.