Experiencing Interruptions?

Only F**ks Pat Me On The Head

"I suppose you want to ask me how fast my chair goes?"

In this short dramatized documentary we join Jon Little as he negotiates his daily life as a disabled person. The story explores how Jon deals with a society that doesn't accommodate his needs as well as it does for most other people. Jon lets us 'ride along' with him and experience a little of the everyday frustrations, fears, joys, and humor that he encounters.

When Jon looses his job he's forced deal with more than his fair share of bureaucratic bullsh**t. He's used to it, you see, Jon puts up with a lot of crap, but he suffers no fools, and he has the personal determination to rival even the steepest flight of stairs.

  • Steph Miller
    Director
    Rat Man, Humans
  • Paul Wolffram
    Director
    What Lies That Way, Voices of The Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua
  • Paul Wolffram
    Writer
    What Lies That Way, Voices of The Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua
  • Jon Little
    Key Collaborator
  • Abby Lyons
    Producer
  • Paul Wolffram
    Producer
    What Lies That Way, Voices of The Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua
  • Jon Little
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Comedy, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    9,000 NZD
  • Country of Origin:
    New Zealand
  • Country of Filming:
    New Zealand
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New Zealand International Film Festival
    Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
    New Zealand
    November 24, 2021
    New Zealand/World Premiere
    New Zealand's Best Selection
  • New York Short Documentary Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    December 2, 2021
    North America
    Best Directors & Best Cinematography
Director Biography - Steph Miller, Paul Wolffram

Co-directors Steph Miller and Dr Paul Wolffram are both accomplished documentary filmmaker's with a range of award-winning short and feature-length documentaries between them.

Steph is an award-winning filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland, now based in Wellington NZ. Her works tackle tough subjects with a cinematic style that is immersive and visceral. Her documentary Humans (which won the Best New Zealand Short DocEdge Festival 2019) focused on homelessness and gave context to the larger issue of the dehumanisation of the homeless community.

Paul founded Handmade Productions Aotearoa Ltd in 2006 and his work seeks to push the boundaries of traditional documentary exploring the way we understand the world around us. His films have received international acclaim including the Jean Rouch Award from the Society of Visual Anthropology in 2012, Best Audio Visual Documentation at the Parnu International Documentary Film Festival 2013, and the Awesome Award from the Aperture International Ethnographic Film Festival in 2013. In 2021 he won the Doc Edge Pitch forum with his forthcoming feature documentary "Sanguma - Islands of Fear".

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Director Statement

Steph and Paul are passionate about bringing non-traditional stories to the screen in exciting and challenging ways. Together they developed the ideas and approach for "Only F**ks Pat Me On The Head" along with the film's protagonist, Jon Little, over many months. The resulting film is one that we hope captures the humour, pain, joys and frustrations of living with cerebral palsy.