The 29th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, honored the best pornographic movies and adult entertainment products of 2011 of the United States and took place January 21, 2012, at a new venue, The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.

Voting for Movie of the Year would be conducted just prior to the January 21 ceremony, in a secret meeting of core members of the AVN Awards committee, to ensure winners of the 10 categories remain secret until their presentation.

Insatiable 2 won Best All-Sex Release, Best Director — Non Feature for Mason and several best sex scene awards for Asa Akira and her co-stars.

Manuel Ferrara won his fourth Male Performer of the Year award, more than anyone else in the event's 29-year history.

The first AVN Movie of the Year Award went to Portrait of a Call Girl,[4] which qualified for consideration by winning Best Feature.

Additional major awards are listed below with winner first and highlighted in boldface followed by the rest of the nominees.

Best Body: Favorite Porn Star: Hottest Sex Scene: Twitter Queen: Best Classic Release appeared on the 2012 list of categories that nominations were to be accepted for, however, no nominees or winner were announced for that category.