by Adult Video News (AVN), honored the best pornographic movies and adult entd Casino, Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, Adult Video News will present AVN Awards (often referred to as the Oscars of porn ) in 115 categories released from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015. The ceremony, taped to be televised in the United States by Showtime, was produced by Gary Miller. Comedian and actress Kate Quigley co-hosted the show for the first time, joined by adult movie actresses Joanna Angel and Anikka Albrite.
The nominees for the 33rd AVN Awards were announced on November 19, 2015, at the annual AVN Awards Nominations Party at Avalon nightclub in Hollywood.
Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody received the most nominations with 21 total, with Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody came in second with 18. BLACKED.com received 15 nominations, and TUSHY.com was given 12.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 23, 2016. Despite their lower amount of nominations, TUSHY.com were the big winners with Being Riley. Batman v Superman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody also shared the honors winning five trophies as well. Marriage 2.0, Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody and The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries each won four awards and European production The Doctor took three.
Winners of categories announced during the awards ceremony January 23, 2016, are highlighted in boldface.
Rather than nominees for this category, contenders are chosen from the winners in the "Best Release" categories such as Best Anthology Movie, Best Drama, Best Parody Release and several others. Voting is conducted separately just prior to the awards ceremony.
The following is the list of remaining award categories, which were presented apart from the actual awards ceremony.
CONTENT CATEGORIES
Content (ctd.)
FAN AWARDS
WEB & TECHNOLOGY
PLEASURE PRODUCTS
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
The Visionary Award went to AVN founder Paul Fishbein.
AVN on December 18, 2015, announced the 2016 inductees into its hall of fame: