TAMPA, Fla. (October 9, 2015) – Girlfriends Films‘ founder Dan O’Connell will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 NightMoves Awards. The award will be announced at the show Sunday, where Girlfriends Films contract star Prinzzess Felicity Jade will be on hand to accept it.

“I can’t begin to express how flattered and pleased I am to be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from NightMoves,” said O’Connell. “I’m a real believer in this industry and always try to honor it in a positive fashion, something that is essential if the sex business is to ever get wide and unprejudiced acceptance.”

O’Connell added, “Thank you so much to Paul and Tracy Allen and Art Koch for all the support NightMoves has given Girlfriends Films over the years. I’ll keep those movies coming and keep up the fight!”

Earlier in the year, O’Connell was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. He also received XBIZ’s Man of the Year award in 2012.

In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award for Dan O’Connell, Girlfriends Films received seven nominations in five categories at the NightMoves Awards, including three noms for Best All-Girl Release.

The popular lesbian studio has a rich history of accolades at the annual event, such as the 2012 Best Production Company (Editor’s Choice) award and 2013 Best On-Going Series (Editor’s Choice) for “Women Seeking Women.”

“We’re very honored and thankful to the staff of the 2015 NightMoves Awards,” said Girlfriends Films President Moose. “These nominations are a credit to our amazing creative team and to the talented performers, as well as the fans who have been supporting Girlfriends Films for so many years.”

“Additionally, they couldn’t have chosen a better person for the Lifetime Achievement Award, which looks beyond all the great movies Dan has made and speaks to Dan’s whole body of work in our industry,” added Moose.

The 23^rd Annual NightMoves Awards will be held on Sunday, Oct. 11 at the Tampa Gold Club by NightMoves magazine. The event honors the adult industry’s top films, stars, and filmmakers as voted by fans across the country. The award show is part of the four-day NightMoves Awards weekend that includes Fanfest, a VIP party and the Star Caravan, presented in various gentlemen’s clubs in Tampa.

Girlfriends Films is nominated for Best All-Girl Release for the films “Lesbian Seductions Older/Younger 50,” “Mother-Daughter Exchange 36,” and “Women Seeking Women 113,” which is the studio’s longest-running series and one of its most acclaimed.

The company is also nominated for Best Feature Production for its holy man erotic sendup, “In the Flesh,” as well as a nomination for Best Production Company, which it earned in 2012. Girlfriends Films’ contract performer Prinzzess Felicity Jade is nominated for Best Adult Star Feature Dancer, while the company’s exclusive director B. Skow is nominated for Best Director (Feature).

 

Girlfriends Films provides realistic lesbian-sex movies for discerning viewers who demand a variety of naturally beautiful women engaging in passionate sex. The studio’s combination of gorgeous performers, talented directors, and aesthetic focus allows for Girlfriends Films to continuously produce best-selling movies appealing to both men and women. Girlfriends Films received AVN’s Best All-Girl Series award 6 years straight (2008-2013), XRCO’s Best Girl/Girl Series the last 6 years in a row (2010-2015), and is also “The Most Downloaded Studio” year after year on VOD giant, HotMovies.com. The company has also received Studio of the Year honors from XCritic.com, NightMoves, and TLARaw.com, as well as the coveted Best Company Image trophy from AVN. Girlfriends Films award winning content is available on every conceivable platform, including online at http://www.GirlfriendsFilms.net, which features the studio’s entire library of movies and photos. In addition, Girlfriends Films launched its own broadcast channel as part of the popular HUSTLER TV network. Over the last decade, when company execs weren’t busy producing award winning films, they were establishing remarkable relationships the world over, resulting in a powerful sales network. The adult industry also took notice, and leading producers Tammy Sands, B. Skow, Reign Productions, and Viv Thomas sought distribution contracts, further pushing Girlfriends Films into the limelight as a quintessential industry distributor. Growing by leaps and bounds, Girlfriends Films became the proud DVD distributor for HUSTLER Video, Homegrown Video, Desire Films, Sex Art, Spizoo, Triangle Films, James Deen Productions, Angela White’s AGW Entertainment, Bonnie Rotten’s Mental Beauty, Inc., and Girlsway, equipping Girlfriends Films with a solid offering of the adult industry’s most impressive library of titillating new films and prompting XBIZ Media to name the company 2015 Distributor of the Year (Video). Today Girlfriends Films remains the world’s leader in lesbian sex, while also growing to become the world’s elite distributor of all premier adult content. For more information, visit www.GirlfriendsFilms.net, www.Facebook.com/GF.Films, and www.Twitter.com/GF_Films.