Athletic Model Guild, the world’s longest continuously operating gay porn studio, received a total of 16 GAYVN award nominations earlier today. The studio’s premium hardcore brand, AMG Brasil, now dominates the 2009 nominations for Latin studios with a total of 14 GAYVN nods, including Best Picture and Best Director for the top selling porn-umentary, Rio. In addition, the vintage brand, AMG Classics, also received two nominations; Best Classic DVD for Theatre Film Classics: Teacher’s Pests and Best Alternative Release for Wrestling Live 23.
The studio’s big-budget feature for 2009, Rio, earned the studio more nominations than any other film, with nods in 7 categories; Best Picture, Best Director (Dennis Bell), Best Actor – Foreign Release (Rick Garcia), Best Ethnic-Themed Film – Latin, Best Foreign Release, Best Solo Performance (Jack Benelli), and Best Cinematographer (Dennis Bell). The studio also received recognition for Suruba: Azul, nominated for Best All-Sex Film and Best Packaging, and Carnaval; Best Ethnic-Themed Film – Latin, Best Art Direction, and Best Marketing. Two of the studio’s most popular performers also received nominations; Ricardo Onça for Best Top and Marcelo Mastro for Best Newcomer. In 2008, AMG Brasil was awarded the Best Ethnic-Themed Film – Latin GAYVN for the two-part porn thriller, Amazônia: Capture and Release.
“This is a big year for us,” AMG President Dennis Bell said. “Not only are we following last years success at the GAYVNs, but we’re also facing ourselves as a competitor for the award we won last year. On top of that, we’ve received more nods this year than any other. We couldn’t be more grateful to the industry for their support. It’s a real validation for all the time spent sweating in the jungle during these productions.”
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