Only F**ks Pat Me On The Head

Jon negotiates his daily life as a disabled person and deals with a society that doesn’t accommodate his needs as well as it does for most able-bodied people. 

Co-directed by Steph Miller & Paul Wolffram, produced by Abby Lyons & Paul Wolffram.
A Handmade Productions Aotearoa film.

Finalist at Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival’s (NZIFF) New Zealand’s Best Short Film Competition in 2021.
Winner of Best Director and Best Cinematography at NYC Short Documentary Film Festival in 2021.

This documentary hybrid was created through a collaborative process of off-screen interviews, scripting and production meetings with Jon Little. The film is a combination of scripted and unscripted sequences, with both real people and actors.