Lee won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival . At the 47th Grand Bell Awards , '' Poetry '' won the prizes for Best Picture , Best Screenplay , Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor . The film received the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for Best Picture and Best Screenplay . The jury of the 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards decided to exclude '' Poetry '' from the selection , since Lee had announced that he would boycott the ceremony . Still , they nominated Yoon for Best Actress as they thought the director 's decision should not affect the cast . The award was eventually shared by Yoon and Soo Ae , for her performance in '' Midnight FM '' . At the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards , Lee received the award for Best Achievement in Directing and Yoon for Best Performance by an Actress ; the film was also nominated in the categories Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay . It was also nominated for the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics
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47th Grand Bell Awards
Poetry (film)