Annotated AVN Nominations 2018

And here we go with the granddaddy awards show – the one they call The Oscars of Porn. On January 27, 2018 the porn world will gather at The Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas to celebrate the year’s achievements. And we’re here to bring you our annual annotated guide.

Hats off to this year’s nominating committee, no errors that we found!

This is not the exhaustive list of nominees – it’s just a subset of the performers and titles in categories that we track in the database.  The full list of nominees can be found at the AVN Awards site.

(Disclosure: for the first time, we’re voting this year. Please, no wagering.)

Our breakdowns of the nominees:

Top Actresses

Top Actors

Top Movies

So, without further ado, here’s the nominees (in categories that we track)!

Best Movies

Best Action/Thriller

Best All-Girl Movie

Best Amateur/Pro-Am Movie

Best Anal Movie

Best Anthology Movie

Best BDSM Movie

Best Comedy

Best Drama

Best Ethnic Movie

Best Foreign Feature

Best Foreign Non-Feature

Best Gonzo Movie

Best Ingenue Movie

Best Interracial Movie

Best Lewd Propositions Movie

Best MILF Movie

Best Niche Movie

Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Movie

Best Oral Movie

Best Orgy/Gangbang Movie

Best Parody

Best Polyamory Movie

Best Star Showcase

Best Taboo Relations Movie

Best Transsexual Movie

Best Scenes

Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene

Best Anal Sex Scene

Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene

Best Double Penetration Sex Scene

Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene

Best Group Sex Scene

Best Oral Sex Scene

Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production

Best Three-Way Sex Scene – B/B/G

Best Three-Way Sex Scene: G/G/B

Best Transsexual Sex Scene

Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene

Most Outrageous Sex Scene

Acting Awards

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Non-Sex Performance

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Performers of the Year

All-Girl Performer of the Year

Best Male Newcomer

Best New Starlet

Best Solo/Tease Performance

Female Foreign Performer of the Year

Female Performer of the Year

Mainstream Star of the Year

Male Foreign Performer of the Year

Male Performer of the Year

MILF Performer of the Year

Niche Performer of the Year

Transsexual Performer of the Year

Best Directors

Best Director: Feature

Best Director: Foreign Feature

Best Director: Foreign Non-Feature

Best Director: Non-Feature

Best Web Director

Director of the Year

Screenwriting and Technical Awards

Best Art Direction

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Makeup

Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project

Best Screenplay

Best Soundtrack

Best Special Effects

Clever Title of the Year

IAFD and Grooby to Re-Categorize Trans Performers on IAFD.com

Los Angeles, CA – IAFD and Grooby announced IAFD.com is in the process of re-categorizing transgender performers on their website. Trans women will be listed as “actresses” and trans men will be listed as “actors”, with the additional option of allowing performers to self-identify via the submission form.

“We are very appreciative for Steven reaching out and helping us see how important this issue is and that most importantly demonstrating it doesn’t need to be a difficult fix,” said IAFD webmaster Jeff Vanzetti. “In our internal discussions, our desire to ‘get it right the first time’ tied us in knots as we debated and tried to solve for every edge case and in doing so, paralyzed ourselves. We didn’t want to ‘get it wrong’ so we didn’t do anything; but we realize, paradoxically, that in not acting at all, our current position ‘gets it wrong.’

“With what turned out to be only minor tweaks to our underlying data tables – not the complete revamp as we feared – we are able to provide a solution that we hope treats everyone with the respect they deserve.”

IAFD and Grooby will be working together to identify those who were listed erroneously misgendered on the site and move them into the appropriate categories. Additionally, performers can also click on the “Submit Corrections” button on their IAFD profile to let the company know how they wish to be identified on the site. IAFD estimates the majority of changes will be implemented before the end of the year.

“We’re really happy that we were able to take action and work with Jeff and the IAFD on this,” added Steven Grooby. “I reached out to them immediately after the open letter and happy to report that they recognize the problem and are allowing us to work with them. The first fix we will be doing is to ensure that IAFD has everyone in the correct gender category. Once that is done, we’re going to look into giving them more details on specific performers and what content they may have appeared in.”

Vanzetti added, “We are ready to start migrating profiles as soon as the list is compiled or as the requests from the performers come in. We hope to have a lion’s share of the work done before the new year. Mistakes have been made, and since we’re human we cannot claim that they won’t be made again along the way, but rest assured our goal is not to belittle or marginalize performers who share so much of themselves – amidst great risk – for our pleasure.”

“I think this is a great example of how with just a little work, we can make fixes in the industry which become a win-win for the websites and the community,” stated Grooby. “We look forward to getting this accomplished as quickly as possible. If any other companies or websites are looking for advice, as always, Kristel [Penn] is always available for you and one of the leading lights in the industry.”

ABOUT IAFD
The Internet Adult Film Database has been tracking bibliographic info on adult movies at its current home at iafd.com since 1999. With information on over 275,000 movies from 1959 through present, the IAFD is the most comprehensive database of its kind. The underlying data was compiled and maintained by Peter van Aarle until his death in 2005, after which maintenance has been provided by a dozen volunteer editors doing their own research assisted by a variety of sources – industry professionals, fellow researchers and everyday porn fans. Along with movie listings, IAFD has a blog, a price search engine and links to over 122,000 movie reviews from the leading review sites on the Net.

ABOUT GROOBY
Founded in 1996, Grooby is the leading producer of trans erotica. In addition to operating over 30 membership sites, the company produces nearly 50 DVDs a year, and hosts the annual TEAs (Transgender Erotica Awards) held in Hollywood, CA.

In 2017, the company took over the editorial content for Transformation, the world’s most popular transgender lifestyle magazine. For more information, visit Grooby.com.