Erika Lust, her Lust Cinema and XConfessions Labels Earn 18 Noms

LOS ANGELES—Adult filmmaker Erika Lust and her Lust Cinema and XConfessions imprints have received 18 nominations for the 2021 AVN Awards. The event will be held virtually at 8 p.m. PST on Saturday, Jan. 23 and will be streamed on AVN Stars.

“We made it. 2020 has been a crazy, hectic year where people in lockdown have been craving for more and more adult entertainment, and we gave them some of the best adult content we've ever produced!” Lust said. “Receiving so many nominations is the best reward for all the hard work and the passion we've put into my first original series for Lust Cinema, Safe Word.”

Among the nominations are Best Directing – Foreign Production for Lust herself for Safe Word, as well as Best Directing – Drama for performer/director Casey Calvert, who directed Primary.

“I want to say thank you to AVN for our 12 nominations, including Grand Reel!” Calvert said. “I'm especially proud that all my main actors got nominated in their respective categories. Everyone worked so hard on this project, and I'm so happy it's getting the recognition it deserves.”

The nominations include:

■ Best Directing - Foreign production: Erika Lust director of Safe Word for Lust Cinema
■ Best BDSM Movie: Safe Word by director Erika Lust)
■ Grand Reel: Primary by Casey Calvert
■ Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Kira Noir, Ana Foxxx, Serena Blair, Primary
■ Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Kira Noir & Small Hands in Primary
■ Best Foreign Shot Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Lena Anderson & Michael Vegas, The Intern by Erika Lust for Lust Cinema
■ Best Leading Actor: Derrick Pierce in Primary
■ Best Leading Actress: Ana Foxxx in Primary
■ Best Supporting Actor: Small Hands in Primary
■ Best Supporting Actress: Kira Noir, Penny Pax in Primary
■ Best Threeway Sex Scene BGG: Charlotte Sartre, Romi Rain & Lance Hart in A Burlesque Story directed by Kay Brandt for Lust Cinema
■ Best Transgender Sex Scene: Aubrey Kate, Lauren Phillips, Sinn Sage in A Burlesque Story, Lust Cinema
Best Transgender Sex Scene: Natassia Dreams, Luna Corazon & Estella Bathory, in Super Femmes, XConfessions.com
■ Best Cinematography: Primary
■ Best Screenplay- Drama: Primary
■ Best Soundtrack: Primary

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