CHATSWORTH, Calif.—New Sensations and Digital Sin received a combined 48 nominations for the 2015 AVN Awards.
The Romance Series scripted feature Second Chances and Digital Sin's new Tabu Tales imprint lead the nominations with seven apiece, the latter dominating AVN's newly created Best Taboo Relations category. Jacky St. James and Eddie Powell are nominated for Best Director - Feature for their collaboration on Second Chances and individually for Director of the Year.
As it does every year, New Sensations/Digital Sin produced a wide range of quality adult films, from plot-driven features and vignettes to all-sex releases and niche oriented titles, masterfully exploring provocative themes such as family-taboo and hotwifing. The studio's diversity and creativity is reflected in its nominations.
"We’ve put out such a variety of films this year and it’s incredibly rewarding to see so many of them get nominated in their respective categories," New Sensations/Digital Sin President Scott Taylor said. "New Sensations and Digital Sin takes great pride in the films we create, ensuring the best possible experience for our audience. We're very grateful to AVN for the recognition."
St. James said, "Receiving a Director of the Year – Body of Work nomination from AVN is truly the highlight of my career. Everyone on our production and post-production crew puts in so much time and effort into our films that this nomination is really for all of us. I’m overwhelmingly happy!"
St. James reunited with Powell this year for the romantic dramedy Second Chances, their first collaboration since The Submission of Emma Marx. In addition to the duo's Best Director - Feature nomination, the film is up for Best Romance Movie, Best Screenplay (St. James), Best Editing, and a number of acting noms, including Best Actress for Carter Cruise. St. James' The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee for New Sensations Erotic Stories shingle is also nominated in the categories for Best Romance Movie and Best Actress (Maddy O'Reilly). In addition, St. James is nominated for Best Director - Non-Feature for Keep It In the Family, one of three titles nommed from the Tabu Tales series for Best Taboo Relations; the other two being Our Father and A Mother Daughter Thing.
"I’m ecstatic to discover that AVN created a special Best Taboo Relations category this year, especially given the popularity of the genre this year," St. James said. "Some of my best work has been in Digital Sin’s Tabu Tales this year and I was overjoyed that several of those films received nominations."
Powell's Laws of Love for New Sensations' Romance Series earned big noms in the categories for Best Romance Movie, Best Screenplay (Brownie Garcia), Best Cinematography, and Best Actress Romi Rain. Powell's work for Digital Sin is also heavily represented and includes noms for My Sister's Tight Pussy (Best Taboo Relations), This Is My First ... Gangbang (Best Gangbang Release, Best Group Sex Scene), and Meet Kelly Shibari (Best Specialty Release - Other Genre).
This year saw the official launch of Digital Sin's Meet... series, releasing three new volumes: Meet Carter Cruise, Meet Dakota Skye and Meet Kelly, the first BBW star showcase to be produced by a major studio. In addition to Meet Kelly's aforementioned nomination, Meet Carter and Meet Dakota are both nominated for Best Star Showcase and picked up noms for Best Double-Penetration Scene and Best Anal Sex Scene, respectively. Meet Carter also scored a Best Director - Non-Feature nomination for Paul Woodcrest.
New Sensations newly launched series Tales From the Edge also scored its first nomination with a Best Vignette nod to I Love My Hotwife, a sex-positive depiction of the hotwifing lifestyle, inspired by true accounts.
"A lot of passion and energy goes into each New Sensations release. Our AVN nominations are recognition of that, and we couldn’t be more pleased," Eddie Powell said. "Thank you, AVN. Everyone at New Sensations was happy for the recognition.”
To view trailers for any of the nominated films for New Sensations, visit http://www.newsensations.com.
The 2015 AVN Awards show is set to take place Jan. 24 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, visit AVNAwards.com.
New Sensations / Digital Sin's 2015 AVN Awards nominations are as follows:
Best Actress
Carter Cruise, Second Chances, New Sensations Romance
Maddy O'Reilly, The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee, New Sensations Erotic Stories
Romi Rain, The Laws of Love, New Sensations Romance
Best All-Girl Release
Sisterly Love, Digital Sin Tabu Tales
Best Anal Release
My Sister's First Anal, Digital Sin
Best Anal Sex Scene
Meet Dakota, Digital Sin; Dakota Skye & James Deen
Best Big Bust Release
I Love My Sister's Big Tits, Digital Sin
Best Big Butt Release
Church of Bootyism 4, New Sensations
Epic Asses, New Sensations
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene
The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee, New Sensations Erotic Stories; Maddy O’Reilly & Xander Corvus
Best Cinematography
The Laws of Love, New Sensations; Eddie Powell
Best Director – Feature
Second Chances, New Sensations Romance; Jacky St. James & Eddie Powell
Best Director – Non-Feature
Meet Carter, Digital Sin; Paul Woodcrest
Best Double Penetration Sex Scene
Meet Carter, Digital Sin; Carter Cruise, Ramon Nomar & Erik Everhard
Best Editing
Second Chances, New Sensations Romance; Gabrielle Anex
Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene
A Mother Daughter Thing, Digital Sin Tabu Tales; Dana DeArmond & Adriana Chechik
Best Group Sex Scene
4 Men and a Lady, New Sensations; Roxanne Rae, Karlo Karrera, Jordan Ash, Tommy Pistol & John Strong
This Is My First... A Gang Bang Movie, Digital Sin; Adriana Chechik, Jordan Ash, Karlo Karrera, Tommy Pistol & Ramon Nomar
Best Interracial Release
Black Beauties, New Sensations
Best MILF Release
MILFs Like It Big, New Sensations
Best New Series
Tabu Tales, Digital Sin
Best Orgy/Gangbang Release
4 Men and a Lady: A Gang Bang, New Sensations
This Is My First... A Gang Bang Movie, Digital Sin
Best POV Sex Scene
My Brothers Point of View, Digital Sin; Dakota Skye & Erik Everhard
Best Romance Movie
The Laws of Love, New Sensations Romance
Love Is in the Air, New Sensations Tales From the Heart
Second Chances, New Sensations Romance
The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee, New Sensations Erotic Stories
Best Screenplay
The Laws of Love, New Sensations Romance; Brownie Garcia
Second Chances, New Sensations Romance; Jacky St. James
Best Solo Release
The Beautiful Solo 3, New Sensations
I Love Big Toys 39, Digital Sin
Best Solo/Tease Performance
The Beautiful Solo 3, New Sensations; Aidra Fox
I Love Big Toys 39, Digital Sin; Adriana Chechik
Best Specialty Release – Other Genre
Meet Kelly, Digital Sin
Best Star Showcase
Meet Carter, Digital Sin
Meet Dakota, Digital Sin
Best Supporting Actor
Chad White, Second Chances, New Sensations Romance
Best Supporting Actress
Jessa Rhodes, Second Chances, New Sensations Romance
Best Taboo Relations Movie
Keep It in the Family, Digital Sin Tabu Tales
A Mother Daughter Thing, Digital Sin Tabu Tales
My Sister Has a Tight Pussy, Digital Sin
Our Father, Digital Sin Tabu Tales
Best Three-Way Sex Scene - B/B/G
From Both Ends, Digital Sin; Siri, Ramon Nomar & Toni Ribas
From Both Ends 2, Digital Sin; Dakota Skye, Jordan Ash & Ramon Nomar
Best Vignette Release
I Love My Hot Wife, New Sensations Tales from the Edge
Director of the Year
Eddie Powell
Jacky St. James
