MONTREAL — Adult Time is celebrating a total of 49 nominations from the 2023 XBIZ Awards, including a combined 14 noms for "Grinders" and "Stars."
Ricky Greenwood's "Grinders" was cited for "Feature Movie of the Year," "Best Acting — Lead" (Lucky Fate), “Best Sex Scene — Feature Movie” (Vanna Bardot, Lilly Bell & Nathan Bronson), “Best Screenplay,” “Best Cinematography,” “Best Editing” and “Best Art Direction."
“Stars,” Jane Wilde's showcase drama, also received seven nominations, among them "Feature Movie of the Year," "Best Acting — Lead" (Wilde), “Best Acting — Supporting" (Seth Gamble) and “Best Sex Scene — Feature Movie" (Wilde and Gamble) as well as "Best Screenplay," "Best Cinematography" and "Best Editing."
Adult Time was also given nods for "Studio of the Year" and "Paysite of the Year," and the company’s CCO Bree Mills was nommed for "Director of the Year — Feature" and "Director of the Year — Trans."
Several Adult Time studio labels received nominations. Pure Taboo led the way with nine, followed by Transfixed with five, Modern-Day Sins with four, Girlsway with three, and Burning Angel and Devil's Film with one each.
"On behalf of everyone at Adult Time, from our internal teams to our amazing roster of directors, talent, and brand ambassadors, we are humbled by the recognition of our peers at XBIZ and thankful to everyone involved in the creation of our projects,” Mills said.
The 2023 XBIZ Awards will crown the best-of-the-best in adult Sunday, Jan. 15 at the historic Hollywood Palladium; in keeping with tradition, select award categories under Web & Technology, Pleasure Products and Retail will be presented as part of the annual XBIZ Honors ceremonies.
Voting opens Thursday, Nov. 24; click here for a full list of nominees.
