Pillion

Pillion is a 2025 British romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Harry Lighton in his directorial debut, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as an enigmatic biker who start a BDSM relationship. The film is a co-production between the UK and Ireland. Pillion had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2025, where it won the section's Best Screenplay prize and the Palm Dog for Mutt Moment for its scene-stealing dogs, alongside nominations for the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm. It is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United Kingdom by Picturehouse and Warner Bros. Pictures on 28 November 2025.