The King's Speech other Golden Globes, despite earning seven nominations, more than any other film. At the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Firth won the Best Actor award and the entire cast won Best Ensemble, meaning Firth went home with two acting awards in one evening. Hooper won the Directors Guild of America Awards 2010 for Best Director. The film won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2010. "The King's Speech" won the People's Choice Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, Best British Independent Film at the 2010 British Independent
Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand These were subsequently renamed the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards (AFTA) in 2011. In 2012 the SDGNZ announced that, due to funding and resource restraints, it would not be involved with the AFTAs in 2012, nor would it run a separate film awards. For a period of some years the Guild regularly published a quarterly magazine, Take, featuring news, interviews, events, and humor of particular interest to the New Zealand screen and motion picture industry. Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand The Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) is a screen-sector guild that represents the interests of directors