Venus Award
The Venus Award is a film award in the adult film industry presented yearly in Berlin since 1997 as part of the Venus Berlin, an international erotic trade festival, on the exhibition grounds at the Funkturm.
Prizes are offered in some 30 categories and there are live strip stage shows with topless bull riding, oil wrestling and simulated live sex. The Venus Awards are unique in that directors, performers and films from the same country compete for honors with other entities from that same country, while all entries also remain eligible for the "European" and "International" award categories. The International Venus Fair for 16–19 October 2003 had attendance figures of around 40,000.
From 2005 to 2009, the Eroticline Awards were presented instead, with the Venus Awards returning in 2010.
1997 Venus Awards
- Top Seller - Dragon Lady
- Top Seller - Private Stories
- Best Film - Clockwork Orgy
- Best Film - Le Prix dela Luxure
- Best Director - Max Hardcore
- Best Director - Mario Salieri
- Best Actor - Valentino
- Best Actor - Rocco Siffredi
- Best Actress - Rebecca Wild
- Best Actress - Sarah Young
- Top Seller - Club Paradise
- Best Director - Jean-Daniel Cadinot
- Best Film - Anchor Hotel
- Top Seller - Lydia P
- Best Film - Top Mission
- Best Camera - Lars Gordon
- Best Series Director - Harry S. Morgan
- Best Director - Dino Baumberger
- Best Actor - Steve Vincent
- Best Actress - Kelly Trump
- Special Venus for Outstanding Input - Jean Pierre Armand
- Special Venus for Outstanding Input - Dolly Buster
- Special Venus for Lifetime Achievements - Beate Uhse
1998 Venus Awards
- Best Film - Baron of Darkness
- Best Director - Michael Ninn
- Best Actor - Conny Dax
- Best Actress - Tania Russof
- Best Newcomer, Male - Titus
- Best Newcomer, Female - Donna Vargas
- Best Camera - Kaito
- Best Series Director - Paul Rusch
- Best Video Series - Dolly Buster
- Gay Best Film - Island Guardian
- Gay Best Actor - York Powers
- Best Artwork Cover - Bezaubernde Jeannie
- Best Soft Video - Helen Meets Monique
- Best Magazine - Pirate
- Best Photographer - James Baes
- Best Soft Magazine - Penthouse
- Best TV Magazine - Peep
- Best TV Erotic Report - Dark Angel
- Venus Erotic Design Award - Schwarze Mode
- Venus Fetish Award - Peter W. Czernich
- Venus Erotic Innovation Award - Private Media Group
- Special Venus For Outstanding Input - Gabriell Pontello
- Special Venus For Outstanding Input - Babette Blue
- Special Venus For Lifetime Achievements - Hans Moser
- Venus '98 Sonderpreis - Princess Chantal Chevalier
1999 Venus Awards
- Best Actress - Kelly Trump
- Starlet of the Year - Wanda Curtis
- Best Film - ''Sex Shot''
2000 Venus Awards
- Best Film - The Net
- Best American Film - Nothing to Hide 3 & 4
- Best Gay Film - Dschungel-Boys
- Best Actor - Titus Steel
- Best Actor - Rocco Siffredi
- Best Actress - Betina Campbell
- Best Actress - Gina Wild
- Best American Actress - Tina Cheri
- Best Gay Actor - Hal Hart
- Best Starlet - Julia Taylor
- Best Video Series - Excuse Me
- Best Television Erotica - PEEP!
- Best Director - Nils Molitor
- Best Softcore Video - Tips und Tricks einer Erotik-Queen
- Best Cover - Nikita X
- Country Award: France - Marc Dorcel
- Country Award: Scandinavia - Max's
- Country Award: Benelux - Helen Duval
- Best Photography - Guido Thomasi
- Best Internet Presence - Beate Uhse AG
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Dolly Buster
2001 Venus Awards
- Best Actress - Bridgette Kerkove
- Best Director - Pierre Woodman
- Best Movie - Les Vampyres
- Best Company in America - Leisure Time Entertainment
- Best European Actor - Toni Ribas
- Best European Actress - Monique Covét
- Innovation of the Year - Berth Milton
- Country Award - Girls of Private
- Country Award - Marc Dorcel
- Country Award - Mario Salieri
- Country Award - Beate Uhse Max's Film AB
- Best European Movie - Divina
- Best German Starlet - Tara Young
- Best German Starlet - Sachsen Paule
- Best German Actress - Kelly Trump
- Best German Actor - Zenza Raggi
- Best German Director - Harry S. Morgan
- Best German Movie - Matressen
- German Company of the Year - MMV
- Best Video Series in Germany - XXL
- Best Cover - German Beauty
- Best Soft Video - Die Teufelsinsel
- Best Erotic Photographer - Uwe Kempen
- Newcomer Company of the Year - Inflagranti
- Best German Gay Actor - Antoine Mallet
- Best German Gay Movie - C'est la vie
- Best DVD Product - U-Bahn Girls
- Venus Honorary Award - Teresa Orlowski
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Dirk Rothermund
- Best Web Design - www.dolly-buster.com
- Best Web Content - www.beate-uhse.de
- Internet Innovation - www.pelladytower.com
2002 Venus Awards
- Best DVD Product - U-Bahn Girls II
- Best DVD Authoring - New Media Group Enterprises
- Best Cum-Shot Scene - Betty Extrem - GGG -
- Best Video Series - Boulevard -
- Best Video Series - Excuse Me -
- Best Video Series - Golden Series -
- Best Soft Film - Manche mögen's heiß -
- Best Soft Film - Venus Girls -
- Best Soft Series - Better Sex Line -
- Best Soft Series - Cover Girls -
- Best Cover - Crossroads -
- Best Product Campaign - Gladiator -
- Best Product Campaign - Mandy Mystery Line -
- Best Director - Nils Molitor
- Best Director - Horst Billian
- Best Director - Ferdi Hillmann
- Best Film - Faust -
- Best Film - Hart & Herzlich -
- Best Film - Sexhexen -
- Best New Actress - Kyra
- Best New Actress - Tyra Misoux
- Best New Actress - CoCo Brown
- Best New Company - Hustler Germany
- Special Award - Kovi
- Special Award - Max's Sweden
- Special Award - Marc Dorcel
- Best Movie - Gladiator -
- Best Movie - Faust -
- Best Director - Mario Salieri
- Best Director - Antonio Adamo
- Best Actor - Toni Ribas
- Best Actress - Monique Covét
- Best Actress - Rita Faltoyano
- Best Gay Film - Russian Village Boys -
- Best Gay Director - Jean-Daniel Cadinot
- Best Actress - Tera Patrick
- Best Actress - Jodie Moore
- Best Movie - Perfect -
- Best Movie - Taboo 2001 -
- Best Director - Andrew Blake
- Best Director - Pierre Woodman
- Best Video Series - Barely Legal -
- Best Internet Presentation - www.privatespeed.com
- Product Innovation Bio Glide - Joydivision
- Innovation of the Year - Private-PDA
- Innovation of the Year - ErotikCinema.de
- Company of the Year - Goldlight
- Company of the Year - MMV
- Company of the Year - Videorama
- Best Actor - Horst Baron
- Best Actor - Titus
- Best Actor - Claudio Meloni
- Best Actress - Isabel Golden
- Best Actress - Anja Juliette Laval
- Best Actress - Mandy Mystery
- Lifetime Achievement Award - Moli
2003 Venus Awards
- Best Actor - Rocco Siffredi
- Best Actress - Michelle Wild
- Best Actress - Julia Taylor
- Best Soft Movie Germany - Fesselnde Knotenkunst Aus Fernost
- Best Film - Benelux Wasteland
- Best Film - The Fetish Garden
- Best Film - Melanie
- Best Film - Pink Prison
- Best Film - Space Nuts
- Best Film - The Garden of Seduction
- Best Film - La Dolce Vita
- Best Film - Die 8.Sünde
- Best Film - Cleopatra
- Best Video Series - Balls Deep
- Best Video Series - Black Hammer
- Best Gay Movie - French Erection
- Best Erotic PC Game - Casablanca 1942
- Best Erotic Stage Show - Tammy's Erotic Show
- Best Cover - Fesselnde Knotenkunst Aus Fernost
- Best Director - Alain Payet
- Best Director - Mario Salieri
- Best Gay Director - Jean-Daniel Cadinot
- Best Erotic Magazine - Coupe
- Best Internet Presence - pelladytower.com
- Best Erotic Idea - Poppp-Stars/Beate Uhse
- Best DVD Product - Triebige Swinger
- Best DVD Product - La Dolce Vita
- Distribution Company Of The Year Germany - Orion
- Company of the Year - MMV
- Innovation of the Year - Dolly Buster at Vodafone-live
- Special Product Award - Nature Skin Toys/Orion
- Special Jury Awards - Marc Anthony, www.private.com & Dolly Buster
- Special Honorary Awards - Gerd Wasmund & Harry S. Morgan
- Best New Starlet - Sunrise Adams
- Best Actor - Lexington Steele
- Best New Starlet - Maya Gold
- Best Director - Don Sigfredo
- Best Director - Nike Beck
- Best Actress - Tanya Hansen
- Best New Starlet - Laura Angel
- Best Actress - Mélanie Coste
- Best New Starlet - Sharon Da Vale
- Best Director - Nils Molitor
- Best Director - Kovi
- Best Actor - Conny Dax
- Best Actress - Denise La Bouche
2004 Venus Awards
- Best Cover - Der Club des anspruchsvollen Herrn
- Best Newcomer Label - Bad Ass
- Best Newcomer Company - EVS
- Best Gay Director - Marcel Bruckmann
- Best Gay Movie - Sex Around the Clock
- Print Reports Italy, UK and Germany - Hot News/''ETO/Medien E-Line
- Special Product Campaign Germany - Testosteron Power-Pack No.1
- Special Marketing Campaign Germany - www.missbusty.de
- Special Video Production - German Goo Girls
- Special Video Series - Arschparade
- TOP Erotic TV Show - Lust Pur Mit Conny Dax
- Special Internet Site - www.ueber18.de
- Special Eastern Europe Award - Ference Hopka
- Special German Company - Muschi Video
- Successful Video Series Germany - Mutzenbacher
- Best DVD Product - Millionaire
- Best Camera - Nils Molitor
- Best Video Series - H D S S S G
- Best Soft Movie - Bettenwechsel in Dänemark
- Best Actress - Nikky Blond
- Best Gonzo Movie/Series - Apprentass
- Best B2C Website - www.FunDorado.com
- Best Internet Presence - www.DejanProduction.de
- Best Director - Mario Salieri - Penocchio
- Best New Starlet Female - Priscila Sol
- Special Award Benelux - SEXY
- Best Company Spain - IFG
- Special Europe Video Series - Anabolic
- International Actress - Katja Kassin
- Best Movie - Compulsion
- Best Director - Robby D. - Jack's Playground
- Best Movie - Parfum du Desir
- Best Movie - Life
- Best New Starlet Female - Cristina Bella
- Best Actor - Nacho Vidal
- Best Video Series - Rocco's Sexy Girls
- Best Website - www.dolly-buster.de
- Distribution Company of the Year - VPS Film-Entertainment
- Best Director - Harry S. Morgan
- Best Actor - Markus Waxenegger
- Best New Starlet Female - Janine LaTeen
- Best New Starlet Female - Vivian Schmitt
- Top Toy Product Line - Silvia Saint Toy Line
- A.o.P. - Steve Holmes
- Successful Video Series Europe - Lexington
- Best Actress - Jesse Jane
- Company of the Year - Mulit Media Verlag
- Best Movie - Penocchio
- Best Actress - Tyra Misoux
- Best Movie - Millionaire''
- Best Director - Kovi
- Best Actress - Katsuni
- Special Actress - Monique Covét
- Honorary Award - Berth Milton