Adult consumer magazine Adam Film World Guide has announced the winners of its 2003 awards.
Among the big winners was Elegant Angel, which scored a dozen awards, including six for Axel Braun and his film Compulsion, which swept the film category. Thomas Zupko’s Opera won four of Elegant Angel’s awards, including Best Director, Video and Best Music.
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| Lauren Phoenix on the cover of current issue of Adam Film World Movie Guide. Phoenix was named Best New Startlet in their annual awards issue. |
“I’m extremely flattered,” Braun told AVN.com. “It’s great, and being a self-centered egomaniac I do appreciate flattery. It’s always great when someone tells you that you’re good, period. Even though other people say they don’t care about awards, everybody cares. If you don’t care, you’re not driven. What’s the point? It doesn’t mean that much if you don’t win, but if you put a lot of effort in something, you like when you get the recognition.”
JM Productions won eight awards, including Best Ongoing Series for Girlvert; White Trash Whore for Best Gangbang Series; and The Violation of… for Best All-Girl Series.
Lauren Phoenix won the coveted Best New Starlet award, while Katja Kassin took home Female Performer of the Year, and Manuel Ferrara won Male Performer of the Year.
Wicked Girl Stormy matched her AVN Award for Best New Starlet with a Contract Babe of the Year nod from AFWG. "With so many notable personalities and gorgeous ladies in the running, winning this award comes as a complete shock, a total surprise -- and a definite honor," she said.
Votes are casts by the AFWG staff and its writers.
“It’s a combination of me and the people who write for Adam Film World,” AFWG Editor-in-Chief Anthony Petkovich told AVN.com. “It’s all of our opinions. Adam Film World picks [the finalists] and then we take it from there.
“Some people think that others in the industry are overrated or whatever, we just try to give awards out to the people who are the best and we’re trying to avoid the politics in porn. We just go for porn excellence. It’s from the heart – and the groin.”
A list of this years AFWG award winners are found below:
VIDEO AWARDS
Best Video: New Wave Hookers 7 (VCA Pictures)
Best Director, Video: Thomas Zupko, Opera (Elegant Angel)
Best Screenplay, Video: Thomas Zupko, Opera (Elegant Angel)
Best Anal Sex Movie: Opera (Elegant Angel)
Best Comedy Movie: Club Carrie (Kick Ass Pictures)
Best Foreign Video: Scottish Loveknot (Private)
Female Performer of the Year: Katja Kassin
Male Performer of the Year: Manuel Ferrara
Best New Starlet: Lauren Phoenix
Best Actress, Video: Ashley Blue, Girlvert 4 (JM Productions)
Best Actor, Video: Tyce Bune, Acid Dreams (Private)
Directrix of the Year: Jewel De’Nyle (Platinum X Pictures)
Best Gonzo Director: Jules Jordan, Ass Worship (Evil Angel)
Best Sex Scene, Video: Sabrine Maui, 5 Guy Cream Pie 8 (Kick Ass Pictures)
Best Fetish-Sex Movie: Mason’s Dirty Trixxx 2 (Elegant Angel)
Most Outrageous Sex Movie: Perverted Stories: The Movie (JM Productions)
Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Maggie Star, Julie Night, Mr. Pete, Perverted Stories: The Movie (JM Productions)
Best Music: Opera (Elegant Angel)
Best Videography: Barry Wood, Acid Dreams (Private)
Best Editing: Ethan Kane, Acid Dreams (Private)
Best Costume Design: Sarah Glutz, Acid Dreams (Private)
Best Make-Up & Special Effects: Perverted Stories: The Movie (JM Productions)
Best Latin Starlet: Olivia Del Rio
Best Asian Starlet: Sabrine Maui
BEST SERIES AWARDS
Best On-Going Series: Girlvert (JM Productions)
Best European Series: Euro Angels: Hardball (Evil Angel)
Best Young Girl Series: Teen Meat (Evolution Erotica)
Best Blowjob Series: Glazed & Confused (Elegant Angel)
Best Orgy Series: A Group Thing (Red Light District)
Best Double Penetration Series: No Holes Barred (Zero Tolerance Entertainment)
Best Gangbang Series: White Trash Whore (JM Productions)
Best Big Tit Series: Busty Beauties (Hustler Video)
Best Gonzo Series: Ass Worship (Evil Angel)
Best All-Girl Series: The Violation Of… (JM Productions)
Best Cream Pie Series: 5 Guy Cream Pie (Kick Ass Pictures)
Best Asian Series: Asian Fever (Hustler Video)
Best Latin Series: Young Tight Latinas (Red Light District)
Best Anal Sex Series: Grand Theft Anal (Zero Tolerance Entertainment)
Best Fetish-Sex Series: Specs Appeal (Kick Ass Pictures)
Best Specialty Series: SkinTight’s Chunky… (SkinTight Productions)
FILM AWARDS
Best Film: Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
Best Director, Film: Axel Braun, Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
Best Screenplay, Film: Axel Braun Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
Best Actress, Film: Ashley Long, Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
Best Actor, Film: Kurt Lockwood, Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
Best Sex Scene, Film: Ashley Long, Compulsion (Elegant Angel)
DVD AWARDS:
Best DVD: The Fashionistas (Evil Angel Video)
Best Interactive DVD: Virtual Sex With Jesse Jane (Digital Playground)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Best New Porn Company: Zero Tolerance Entertainment
Porn Comeback of the Year: Francesca Lé
Contract Babe of the Year: Stormy (Wicked Pictures)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Thomas (Vivid)
Crossover Performer of the Year: Ron Jeremy (Metro Studios)
