{{short description|Canadian pornographic film studio based in Montreal, Quebec}} {{Infobox company | name = Sweetheart Video | logo = Sweetheart Video logo.svg | foundation = {{start date|2008}} | founder = {{plainlist |*Jonathan Blitt *Nica Noelle<ref name="officialabout"/>}} | location_city = Montreal, Quebec | location_country = Canada<ref name="avn2">{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/..video/Sweetheart-Video-Signs-Its-1st-Contract-Girl-305034.html|title=Sweetheart Video Signs Its 1st Contract Girl|accessdate=February 11, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | industry = Pornographic films | owner = Mile High Media<ref name="Mile High Media">{{cite web|title=About Mile High Media|url=http://www.milehighonline.com/main/aboutus|publisher=milehighonline.com|access-date=2012-11-30|archive-date=2020-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630140557/http://www.milehighonline.com/main/aboutus|url-status=dead}}</ref> | parent = Mile High Media<ref name="officialabout">[http://www.sweetheartvideo.com/about.php sweetheartvideo.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117024344/http://www.sweetheartvideo.com/about.php |date=2011-11-17 }}. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref> | homepage = {{URL|https://sweetheartvideo.com}} }}

'''Sweetheart Video''' is a Canadian pornographic film studio based in Montreal, Quebec.<ref name="avn2"/> The studio was founded by Jonathan Blitt and pornographic actress Nica Noelle in 2008,<ref name="officialabout"/> and it specializes in lesbian-themed films. Noelle initially wrote and directed all the films,<ref name="officialabout"/> but she left the studio in 2011.<ref name=XBIZ.com>{{cite web|title=Mile High Media and Director Nica Noelle Amicably Part Ways|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Mile-High-Media-and-Director-Nica-Noelle-Amicably-Part-Ways-451103.html|publisher=XBIZ.com|accessdate=30 November 2012|archive-date=17 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217162247/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Mile-High-Media-and-Director-Nica-Noelle-Amicably-Part-Ways-451103.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Subsequent films were initially written and directed by other people in the adult industry, including Melissa Monet, Dana Vespoli, and James Avalon;<ref name="avn">[http://business.avn.com/company-news/Mile-High-Adds-Melissa-Monet-to-Director-Roster-484544.html Mile High Adds Melissa Monet to Director Roster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316031906/http://business.avn.com/company-news/Mile-High-Adds-Melissa-Monet-to-Director-Roster-484544.html |date=2016-03-16 }}, Retrieved November 26, 2012</ref> Vespoli now exclusively writes and directs all the films.<ref name="xbiz2">{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/articles/162408 |title=Dana Vespoli: Performing a Pathway to Directing|work=XBIZ|last=Pardon|first=Rhett|date=May 8, 2013|accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name="avn3">{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/The-Storytellers-Interview-With-Dana-Vespoli-558182.html|title=The Storytellers: Interview With Dana Vespoli|magazine=AVN|last=Lyon|first=Jason|date=May 2, 2014|accessdate=July 19, 2014|archive-date=July 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728103001/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/The-Storytellers-Interview-With-Dana-Vespoli-558182.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="xbiz3">{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/181667 |title=Dana Vespoli Releases 2 New Films|work=XBIZ|date=July 8, 2014|accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref>

==Main series== The studio has made many series of films, and this list includes the ones with the most sequels released: * ''Lesbian Adventures'' * ''Girls Kissing Girls'' * ''Lesbian Babysitters'' * ''Lesbian Beauties'' * ''Mother Lovers Society'' * ''Lesbian Office Seductions'' * ''Lesbian Truth or Dare''

==Awards and nominations== {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; text-align: left; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: middle;" |+ <span style="font-size: 9pt">'''List of awards won by Sweetheart Video'''</span> |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | |- | colspan=3 | {| class="collapsible collapsed" width=100% ! colspan=3 style="background-color: #6495ED; text-align: center;" | Awards and Nominations |- ! colspan=3 style="background-color: #6495ED; text-align: center;" | '''Sweetheart Video''' |- |- bgcolor=#D9E8FF | style="text-align:center;" | Ceremony | style="text-align:center;background: #cceecc;text-size:0.9em" width=50| Won | style="text-align:center;background: #ffccdd;text-size:0.9em" width=50| Nominated |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;AEBN |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|3 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|3 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;AVN |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|0 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|18 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;FPA |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|0 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|4 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;XBIZ |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|0 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|12 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;XRCO |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|0 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|1 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center"| ;Other |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|0 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|4 |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |align="center" colspan="3"| ;'''Total number of wins and nominations for '''Sweetheart Video |- bgcolor=#eeeeff |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|Totals |style="text-align:center;background: #ddffdd;vertical-align: middle;"|3 |style="text-align:center;background: #ffdddd;vertical-align: middle;"|42 |- |} |- bgcolor=#6495ED | colspan="3" style="font-size: smaller; text-align:center;" | Footnotes |} Sweetheart Video's films have won and have been nominated for several awards, including AVN, XBIZ and XRCO Awards.

===AVN Awards=== {| class="wikitable" width="55%" |- !width="7%"|Year !width="45%"|Category !width="40%"|Work !width="8%"|Result |- |rowspan=2 align=center|2010<ref name="avnnom2010">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |title=AVN - 2010 AVN Awards Show - 2010 Nominees |accessdate=February 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304153045/http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |archivedate=March 4, 2010 }}</ref> |Best All-Girl Release |''Girls Kissing Girls 3'' |{{nom}} |- |Best All-Girl Series |''Lesbian Adventures'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=5 align=center|2011<ref name="avnnom2011">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |title=Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards |accessdate=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707194245/http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> |rowspan=2|Best All-Girl Series |''Girls Kissing Girls'' |{{nom}} |- |''Lesbian Adventures'' |{{nom}} |- |Best Educational Release |''Nina Loves Girls 2'' |{{nom}} |- |Best MILF Series |''Mother Lovers Society'' |{{nom}} |- |Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release |''Legends and Starlets 2'' |{{nom}} |- |align=center|2012<ref name="avnnom2012">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf |title=Nominations for the 2012 AVN Awards |accessdate=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131034635/http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf |archivedate=January 31, 2012 }}</ref> |Best All-Girl Series |''Girls Kissing Girls'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=3 align=center|2013<ref name="avnnom2013">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past-shows/past-nominees |title=AVN - 2013 AVN Awards Show - Past Nominees |accessdate=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101033843/http://avnawards.avn.com/past-shows/past-nominees |archivedate=January 1, 2011 }}</ref> |rowspan=2|Best All-Girl Series |''Lesbian Adventures'' |{{nom}} |- |''Lesbian Babysitters'' |{{nom}} |- |Best Ethnic Release – Black |''Lesbian Beauties 7: All Black Beauties'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=7 align=center|2014<ref name="avnnom2014">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/page/3 |title=AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show – History |work=AVN |accessdate=December 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126094717/http://avnawards.avn.com/page/3 |archivedate=January 26, 2014 }}</ref> |Best All-Girl Release |''Shades of Pink'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|Best All-Girl Series |''Girls Kissing Girls'' |{{nom}} |- |''Lesbian Adventures'' |{{nom}} |- |Best Ethnic Release - Asian |''Lesbian Beauties 9: Asian Beauties'' |{{nom}} |- |Best Ethnic Release - Latin |''Lesbian Beauties 10: Latinas'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release |''Lesbian Adventures: Older Women, Younger Girls 3'' |{{nom}} |- |''Lesbian Hitchhiker 5'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=5 align=center valign=center|2015<ref name="avnnom2015">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4 |title=AVN - 2015 AVN Awards Show |work=AVN |publisher=AVN Media Network |accessdate=December 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125015310/http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4 |archivedate=November 25, 2014 }}</ref> |rowspan=2 valign=center|Best All-Girl Release |''Lesbian Beauties 11: All Black Beauties'' |{{nominated}} |- |''Lexi Belle Loves Girls'' |{{nominated}} |- |rowspan=2 valign=center|Best All-Girl Series |''Girls Kissing Girls'' |{{won}} |- |''Lesbian Beauties'' |{{nominated}} |- |Best Older Woman/Younger Girl Release |''Lesbian Adventures: Older Women, Younger Girls 5'' |{{nom}} |}

===Feminist Porn Awards=== {| class="wikitable" width="55%" |- !width="7%"|Year !width="45%"|Category !width="40%"|Work !width="8%"|Result |- |rowspan=2 align=center|2010<ref name="fpanom2010">{{cite web|url=http://goodforher.com/2010_feminist_porn_award_nominees|title=2010 Feminist Porn Award Nominees|publisher=Good For Her - Sex Workshops|accessdate=February 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306075531/http://www.goodforher.com/2010_feminist_porn_award_nominees|archive-date=March 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |{{n/a}} |''Lesbian Adventures: Victorian Love Letters'' |{{nom}} |- |{{n/a}} |''Lesbian Hitchhiker'' |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2 align=center|2011<ref name="fpanom2011">{{cite web|url=http://goodforher.com/fpa_2011_nominees |title=FPA 2011 Nominees |publisher=Good For Her - Sex Workshops |accessdate=February 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302234509/http://goodforher.com/fpa_2011_nominees |archivedate=March 2, 2013 }}</ref> |{{n/a}} |''Lesbian Deception'' |{{nom}} |- |{{n/a}} |''Lesbian Truth or Dare 4'' |{{nom}} |}

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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.sweetheartvideo.com}}

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