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Bafta film awards 2026: full list of nominations

All the nominees for the 2026 Bafta film awards have been announced, ahead of the winners’ ceremony on 22 February at London’s Royal Festival Hall

The Guardian - UK

The 15 best films of 2025, from Mickey 17 to One Battle After Another

THE COUNTDOWN: This was a cinematic year of vampires, clones, restless mothers, maybe-ETs and Leonardo DiCaprio struggling to remember complex revolutionary passwords. Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best

The Independent UK

Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com

Die Hard isn’t a Christmas film, claims the British public. But Pillion reminds us that the finest festive films reflect the complexities of the season, says film critic Kitty Grady

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Pillion rides off with top prize at British independent film awards

The gay BDSM biker romance won best film at the Bifas, tying with Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four each

The Guardian - UK

Pillion dominates at 2025 British Independent Film Awards

‘The Ballad Of Wallis Island’ and ‘My Father's Shadow’ were among the other big winners at the ceremony

The Independent UK

Pillion dominates at the British Independent Film Awards

The BDSM biker gang love story starring Alexander Skarsgård took home four awards in total

Evening Standard

Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life on the Pillion press tour

Leather daddies on the red carpet and tales of his ‘sexually liberated’ grandmother are just some of the highlights

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Pillion review – BDSM biker romp is the sweetest, sexiest, and most tender film you’ll see all year

5/5 Together, Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård achieve what ‘50 Shades of Grey’ couldn’t

The Independent UK

Inside Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s very kinky romcom: ‘People can’t believe the BBC funded it’

IN FOCUS: Nothing else is quite like ‘Pillion’, a sub-dom romance as sexually transgressive as it is heartwarming. Adam White speaks to its two leading men and their director Harry Lighton about raunch, love scenes and prosthetic appendages

The Independent UK

Pillion: what a sex therapy expert thinks of this domination-themed queer rom-com

If you’re looking for a film that’s daring and emotionally layered, then Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion absolutely hits the mark. The film follows Colin (Harry Melling), a shy suburban guy stuck in routine and Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a magnetic unreadable biker whose presence exudes both aloofness and intrigue.

The Conversation

Alexander Skarsgard says new film Pillion is ‘not a conventional gay love story’

The movie follows Colin, a timid man, who meets Ray, a confident biker gang leader, who leads him into a submissive relationship.

Evening Standard

Leave your expectations for Alexander Skarsgård's new movie Pillion at the door: it's steamy and sexy, but it's so much more than a rom-com

Big Screen Spotlight | Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård give fearless performances in Pillion, one of this year's biggest cinematic surprises

Total Film

‘I think my mum’s going to like it’: Alexander Skarsgård on his gay biker ‘dom-com’ Pillion

In May, Cannes went weak at the knees for Harry Lighton’s tale of BDSM and bootlicking in suburbia. Ahead of its release, the director and his stars reveal the explicit shots snipped from the final cut and discuss why Pride has become too sanitised

The Guardian - UK

My Father’s Shadow looms over competition at British independent film awards

Akinola Davies Jr’s Nigeria-set drama has 12 nominations including best film and besr director

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Evening Standard

Actor Alexander Skarsgard says Pillion script ‘stood out’ among others

The movie follows Colin, a timid man, who meets Ray, a confident biker gang leader, who leads him into a submissive relatationship.

Evening Standard

Pillion at LFF review: Alexander Skarsgård gets kinky in this gay BDSM biker love story

5/5 Harry Lighton makes an outrageously good directorial debut with this sexy, sweet tale of queer first love wrapped up in leathers and chains

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Alexander Skarsgard's sexuality hint

Alexander Skarsgard has suggested he has "been with" both men and women in the past while discussing his new movie Pillion.

Cinemablend

A24's Pillion Trailer Shows Alexander Skarsgård In A BDSM Relationship, And I Think His Internet Daddy Status Is About To Reach A New Level

Skarsgård fans are about to get all hot and bothered.

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The Guardian - UK

Awkward clapping, no-sand beaches and Alexander Skarsgård’s thigh-high boots: a trip to Cannes to see my film

Harry Lighton’s film Pillion is based on the novel Box Hill so, misgivings riding alongside, it felt right for the author to motorbike to the film festival for its premiere

Evening Standard

From Hogwarts to handcuffs: the Harry Potter star in Cannes' most shocking, X-rated film

The star got an eight-minute standing ovation for bold new role that’s about as far from Privet Drive as you can get

The Independent UK

‘Graphic’ biker film with Alexander Skarsgård receives seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Pillion sees Harry Potter star Harry Melling enter a gay romance with the leader of a biker gang

The Guardian - UK

Pillion review – 50 shades of BDSM Wallace and Gromit in brilliant Bromley biker romance

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling play unlikely lovers in this sweet and extremely revealing first-time drama from Harry Lighton, adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ Box Hill

Euronews

Cannes Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup with Julia Ducournau, Wes Anderson and Ari Aster

The 2025 vintage is looking big, bold and star-studded.... Here's everything you need to know about the line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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