The Snake Award () is the Polish ironic anti-

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for the worst cinematographic failures in

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, similar to the

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. It is awarded annually for the previous year. For the first time it was awarded in 2012. It was named after the film '' Curse of Snakes Valley'', a 1987 Polish-Soviet adventure film, a cheap knock-off of the ''

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'' films, which was included in the list of 10 worst Polish films in 2002. The award was created by Polish film critic .Kamil Śmiałkowski, twórca Węży, tłumaczy, dlaczego "Botoks" wygrał
/ref> The award is given in several categories: "Worst film", "Worst actor", "Worst actress", etc.

Worst films

*2012: ' *2013: '' Kac Wawa'' was nominated in 16 categories and won 7 of them: Worst film, Worst director, Worst screenplay, Most embarrassing scene, Unfunny comedy, Worst actor, Worst film duo *2014: ' *2015: ' *2016:' *2017:''

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'': Worst film, Worst director, Worst screenplay, Embarrassing film on an important subject, Worst actress, Worst film duo, Most embarrassing scene"Węże" przyznane. "Smoleńsk" bezkonkurencyjny
/ref> *2018:'—despite its

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success, the film got nine "Snakes", everywhere where it was nominated. *2019:' *2020:' *2021:'' 365 Days'': Worst film, Worst screenplay, Worst actors' duo *2022:' *2023:'

References

{{reflist Ironic and humorous awards Polish film awards