Falcon | NakedSword Nets Groundbreaking 2023 XBIZ Award Nominations

Nominations have been announced for the 2023 XBIZ Awards, including two groundbreaking nods for Falcon | NakedSword—which in addition to multiple noms in the gay categories was named in two typically reserved for straight studios: Studio of the Year and Best Cinematography.

Falcon | NakedSword’s nomination for Studio of the Year is the first time a gay studio has been nominated in that category, which covers content across the entire industry. In addition, the NakedSword Originals feature Get.Away. picked up a nod for Best Cinematograhy for director Marc MacNamara, the only gay production named in the category. This is also the first year that XBIZ has expanded the Gay Movie of the Year award into two categories: Gay Feature of the Year and Gay All-Sex Release of the Year. Dante Colle also picked up a nomination for the all-inclusive Male Performer of the Year award.

The ceremony will take place January 15th at the Hollywood Palladium (here’s a list of last year’s winners). Check out all of the nominees below…who are you rooting for?

Studio of the Year

• Adult Time
• Brazzers
• Evil Angel
• Falcon | NakedSword
• Girlfriends Films
• Lust Cinema
• Mile High Media
• Model Media
• Team Skeet
• Vixen Media Group

Best Cinematography

• James Avalon, Deranged (Wicked Pictures)
• James Avalon, Axel Braun & Ralph Parfait, Spideypool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (Wicked Pictures)
• Jeffrey Chu, SI: Sexual Intelligence (Delphine Films)
• Matt Holder, Grinders (Adult Time)
• Marc MacNamara, Get.Away (NakedSword Originals)
• Bryn Pryor, Going Up (Lust Cinema)
• Bryn Pryor & Shaun Rivera, Sorrow Bay (Lust Cinema)
• Michael Vegas, Stars (Adult Time)
• Set Walker, Goddess and the Seed (Deeper)
• Set Walker, Drift (Deeper)

Gay Performer of the Year

• Michael Boston
• Beau Butler
• Dante Colle
• Cole Connor
• Malik Delgaty
• Dillon Diaz
• Devin Franco
• DeAngelo Jackson
• Allen King
• Max Konnor
• Cade Maddox
• Jayden Marcos
• Pierce Paris
• Dakota Payne
• Isaac X

Gay Feature of the Year

• Briar Basin Ranch (Disruptive Films)
• Game On (CockyBoys)
• Get.Away. (NakedSword Originals)
• Norse Fuckers (Men.com)
• Ride or Die (Raging Stallion Studios)

Gay All-Sex Release of the Year

• Body & Sol (Falcon Studios)
• Boys Will Be Boys (BelAmi)
• Bred & Breakfast: The Come Inn (NakedSword Originals)
• Dirty 30 Bareback Birthday (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Every Which Way (BelAmi)
• Falcon Live: 4 the Fans (Falcon Studios)
• Hardcore Hookups 3 (Noir Male)
• Inseam (Hot House Video)
• Lucas Men: All Access (Lucas Entertainment)
• Lucas Men: Unleashed (Lucas Entertainment)
• Magna Cum Load (Men.com)
• Raw Fuck Revelations 1-2 (Raw Fuck Club)
• Scrum: Balls to the Wall (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Sexual Healing 5 (Noir Male)
• The Cock Stop (Men.com)

Director of the Year — Gay

• Gio Caruso
• Steve Cruz
• Tony Dimarco
• Ricky Greenwood
• Jake Jaxson
• Marc MacNamara
• Bree Mills
• Michael Vegas
• Legrand Wolf
• Walden Woods

Best Sex Scene — Gay

• Brandon Anderson, Dillon Diaz, Killian Knox, Blain O’Connor, Dakota Payne & Roman Todd, “Briar Basin Ranch, Act III” (Disruptive Films)
• Bennett Anthony, Chris Damned, Reign, Drew Valentino & Alpha Wolfe, “Ride or Die” (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Michael Boston, Dante Colle & Troye Dean, “Buttering His Popcorn, Part 3” (Men.com)
• Michael Boston, Dante Colle & Killian Knox, “Bad Daddies” (Icon Male)
• Beau Butler & Diego Sans, “Get. Away.” (NakedSword Originals)
• Kyle Connors & Dillon Diaz, “The House Sitter” (Disruptive Films/Taboo Men)
• Nico Coopa, Evan Knoxx, Johnny Moon, Blain O’Connor, “Fourway Fuckfest” (Next Door Studios)
• Sean Ford & Leo Louis, “Under the Neon Sky” (CockyBoys)
• Felix Fox & Jkb Ethan Dale, “The Cock Stop” (Men.com)
• Kane Fox & Cody Seiya, “Surrender: An Erotic Daydream” (CockyBoys)
• Trevor Harris & Pierce Paris, “The Real Sin City” (Disruptive Films)
• Romeo Jace & Jonah Wheeler, “Three’s Company” (Himeros.tv)
• DeAngelo Jackson & Jordan Jameson, “Sexual Obsession 5” (Noir Male)
• Max Konnor & Xavier Zane, “Falcon Live: 4 the Fans” (Falcon Studios)
• Cade Maddox & Luke Truong, “Falcon Live: 4 the Fans” (Falcon Studios)

Gay Site of the Year

• BelAmiOnline.com
• CarnalPlus.com
• CockyBoys.com
• DisruptiveFilms.com
• FalconStudios.com
• Himeros.tv
• LucasEntertainment.com
• KinkMen.com
• Men.com
• NakedSword.com
• NextDoorStudios.com
• NoirMale.com
• PeterFever.com
• RagingStallion.com
• SayUncle.com

Gay Cam Site of the Year

• CAM4.com
• Chaturbate.com
• Flirt4Free.com
• Streamen.com
• StripChat.com

Male Performer of the Year

• Mick Blue
• Nathan Bronson
• Dante Colle
• Xander Corvus
• Charles Dera
• Robby Echo
• Manuel Ferrara
• Oliver Flynn
• Seth Gamble
• Ricky Johnson
• Isiah Maxwell
• Tommy Pistol
• Will Pounder
• Codey Steele
• Zac Wild

Select award categories under Web & Technology, Pleasure Products and Retail will be presented as part of the annual XBIZ Honors ceremonies. The voting period begins Thursday, Nov. 24. For a full list of all categories, check out the XBIZ page.