Sweetheart Video

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Sweetheart Video
Industry Pornographic films
Founded2008 (2008)
Founder
Headquarters,
OwnerMile High Media [3]
Parent Mile High Media [1]
Website www.sweetheartvideo.com

Sweetheart Video is a Canadian pornographic film studio based in Montreal, Quebec. [2] The studio was founded by Jonathan Blitt and pornographic actress Nica Noelle in 2008, [1] and it specializes in lesbian-themed films. Noelle initially wrote and directed all the films, [1] but she left the studio in 2011. [4] Subsequent films were initially written and directed by other people in the adult industry, including Melissa Monet, Dana Vespoli, and James Avalon; [5] Vespoli now exclusively writes and directs all the films. [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Main series

The studio has made many series of films, and this list includes the ones with the most sequels released:

Awards and nominations

List of awards won by Sweetheart Video
Footnotes

Sweetheart Video's films have won and have been nominated for several awards, including AVN, XBIZ and XRCO Awards.

AVN Awards

YearCategoryWorkResult
2010 [9] Best All-Girl ReleaseGirls Kissing Girls 3Nominated
Best All-Girl SeriesLesbian AdventuresNominated
2011 [10] Best All-Girl SeriesGirls Kissing GirlsNominated
Lesbian AdventuresNominated
Best Educational ReleaseNina Loves Girls 2Nominated
Best MILF SeriesMother Lovers SocietyNominated
Best Older Woman/Younger Girl ReleaseLegends and Starlets 2Nominated
2012 [11] Best All-Girl SeriesGirls Kissing GirlsNominated
2013 [12] Best All-Girl SeriesLesbian AdventuresNominated
Lesbian BabysittersNominated
Best Ethnic Release – BlackLesbian Beauties 7: All Black BeautiesNominated
2014 [13] Best All-Girl ReleaseShades of PinkNominated
Best All-Girl SeriesGirls Kissing GirlsNominated
Lesbian AdventuresNominated
Best Ethnic Release - AsianLesbian Beauties 9: Asian BeautiesNominated
Best Ethnic Release - LatinLesbian Beauties 10: LatinasNominated
Best Older Woman/Younger Girl ReleaseLesbian Adventures: Older Women, Younger Girls 3Nominated
Lesbian Hitchhiker 5Nominated
2015 [14] Best All-Girl ReleaseLesbian Beauties 11: All Black BeautiesNominated
Lexi Belle Loves GirlsNominated
Best All-Girl SeriesGirls Kissing GirlsWon
Lesbian BeautiesNominated
Best Older Woman/Younger Girl ReleaseLesbian Adventures: Older Women, Younger Girls 5Nominated

Feminist Porn Awards

YearCategoryWorkResult
2010 [15] Lesbian Adventures: Victorian Love LettersNominated
Lesbian HitchhikerNominated
2011 [16] Lesbian DeceptionNominated
Lesbian Truth or Dare 4Nominated

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