Snake Award

{{Short description|Polish film anti-award}}

The Snake Award ({{langx|pl|Wąż}}) is the Polish ironic anti-award for the worst cinematographic failures in Polish cinema, similar to the Golden Raspberry Awards. It is awarded annually for the previous year. For the first time it was awarded in 2012.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180626054807/http://film.onet.pl/wiadomosci/weze-ogloszono-nominacje-dla-najgorszych-polskich-filmow-2011/4ensd "Węże": ogłoszono nominacje dla najgorszych polskich filmów 2011], March 21, 2012 It was named after the film Curse of Snakes Valley,[https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002658/http://film.onet.pl/weze-2014-smialkowski-i-kedzierski-o-fenomenie-klatwy-doliny-wezy/y6nym Węże 2014: Śmiałkowski i Kędzierski o fenomenie "Klątwy Doliny Węży"], April 2, 2014 a 1987 Polish-Soviet adventure film, a cheap knock-off of the Indiana Jones films, which was included in the list of 10 worst Polish films in 2002.[https://www.shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-40663/ «Заклятие долины змей», или Как поляки с русскими дружили?] The award was created by Polish film critic {{ill|Kamil Śmiałkowski|pl}}.[https://kultura.onet.pl/film/wiadomosci/kamil-smialkowski-tworca-wezy-tlumaczy-dlaczego-botoks-wygral/5r7ff31 Kamil Śmiałkowski, twórca Węży, tłumaczy, dlaczego "Botoks" wygrał]

The award is given in several categories: "Worst film", "Worst actor", "Worst actress", etc.