April 28th and 29th, 2018
Writers Guild of America Theater
135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills
(2019 info Coming Soon!)
Presented By
“From Spectrum to Screen”
HONOREES:
Netflix's Atypical * ABC's The Good Doctor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Our Mission
AutFest Film Festival’s mission is to further advance the wellbeing of all with an autism diagnosis, as well as to educate our nation about autism and the important need to fully respect and value each person with autism. We wish to celebrate films that promote autism awareness and that have the power to enhance the lives of our community. We also wish to honor and support autistic filmmakers and artists that have chosen film as their profession.
Saturday, April 28th
Block of Shorts 10:00am
My Grown Up Family and Autism
Pursuit of Justice
Big Mouth
The Odd One In
Sisterly
The Girl Inside
Circumstantial
Extraordinary People
Power Rangers 12:45pm
Q&A Session with John Gatins and RJ Cyler
Dina 3:45pm
Randy's Canvas 5:50pm
Disney's Barfi 8:00pm
Panel on Love and Relationships featuring individuals on the autism spectrum
Sunday, April 29th
Please Stand By 10:30am
Q&A Session with Ben Lewin (Director), Michael Golamco (Writer), and Elaine Hall (Autism Consultant)
Roman J. Israel, Esq 1:00pm
Netflix's Atypical 3:30pm
Q&A Session with Michelle Dean (Autism Consultant), David Finch (writer), Keir Gilchrist (Sam Gardner), Seth Gordon
(Executive Producer), Anthony Jacques (Christopher), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Elsa Gardner), Brigette Lundy-Paine (Casey
Gardner), Robia Rashid (creator), and Mary Rolich (Producer)
ABC's The Good Doctor 5:50pm
Q&A Session with Nicholas Gonzalez (Dr. Neil Melendez), Melissa Reiner (Autism Consultant), Richard Schiff (Dr. Aaron
Glassman), and David Shore (Creator)
VIP Reception 7:15pm
Matt Asner
Ed Asner
Kristen Bell
David Bugliari
Andrea Capone
Jaime Capone
Stephanie Cohen
Gary Cole
Liz Feld
Mike Galvan
Leigh Ann Trindel-Gilmore
Jill Creter Harte
Portia Iverson
Cherry Justice
David Koechner
Leigh Koechner
Lauren Lambert
Joe Mantegna
Rick Markovitz
Kayleigh Millet
Matthew Modine
Jeff Most
Navah Paskowitz-Asner
Alex Plank
Nicole Player
Peter Roth
Chrissa Sadd
Dax Shepard
Jon Shestack
Sarah Silverman
Michelle Smigel
Robert Smigel
Sasha Spalding
Kevin Tenney
Cheri Warner
Bob Wright