The Brussels International Festival of Eroticism (Dutch: Internationaal Erotica Festival van Brussel, French: Festival International de l'Érotisme de Bruxelles) is a trade show for the European adult entertainment industry held each February in Brussels

Brussels

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. The most notable event during the Festival is the European X Awards, a movie award for the European adult video industry. The Festival and the European X Awards are a European equivalent to the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo

AVN Adult Entertainment Expo

The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine . The 2010 AVN Awards show was held during the Expo at the nearby Palms Casino Resort. The AEE is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United...

 and the AVN Awards

AVN Awards

The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...

 in the United States.

Each participating country (typically Germany

Germany

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, Italy

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, France

France

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, and Spain

Spain

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) is given their own set of awards, including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

The first International Festival of Eroticism was held in held in 1993, with the European X Awards first held in 1995.

External links

• "Adult actresses or Businesswomen ?" by Don Fernando, Adult DVD Talk, March 17, 2005. (Adult DVD Talk Forum Post listing the 2005 X Award winners.)