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Pillion

Pillion

Synopsis

Colin, a weedy wallflower, is letting life pass him by. That is until Ray, the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he found his calling, or simply swapped one form of suffocation for another?
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Running time
106 min
Director
Harry Lighton 1st Feature
Producer
Emma Norton, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Lee Groombridge
Executive Producer
Clare Binns, Mark Gooder, Pim Hermeling, Louise Ortega, Alexander Skarsgård, Alison Thompson, Christian Vesper, Eva Yates
Editor
Gareth C. Scales
Screenwriter
Harry Lighton (screenwriter), Adam Mars-Jones (based on a book by)
Director of Photography
Nick Morris
Production Designer
Francesca Massariol
Composer
Oliver Coates
Principal cast
Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Welsh, Jake Shears

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Comedy Drama Romance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film, BFI, Picturehouse, September Films

UK, Ireland co-production

Element Pictures UK

22-25 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DF

Sales Company

Cornerstone

30 St. Marys Gardens
London
SE11 4UF

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