Oscar winning actor Ben Affleck, and filmmakers Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera, have been honoured for their contributions to autism awareness at the first Annual AutFest International Film Festival in California.

Matt Asner, AutFest founder and Autism Society's VP of Development, commented 'AutFest is proud to honour outstanding filmmakers Ben Affleck, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera for their cinematic contributions reflecting the autism community.... We were touched by the overwhelming support of the filmmaking and autism communities and look forward to making this an annual event'.