Overview

• A24 released the first trailer for Pillion, highlighting a queer romance built around dom/sub dynamics between a leather-clad biker and a timid newcomer.
• Alexander Skarsgård stars as Ray opposite Harry Melling as Colin in writer-director Harry Lighton’s feature debut.
• The film adapts Adam Mars-Jones’s 2020 novel Box Hill, foregrounding consent, power, and tender connection rather than provocation.
• Pillion premiered at Cannes to a standing ovation, won Un Certain Regard’s Best Screenplay, and drew strong notices at Telluride.
• The film screens at the New York Film Festival on Saturday, October 4, with a U.S. theatrical release planned for early 2026.