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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Been itching to talk about this for months…

Screen Daily article announcing Ghosts The Possession of Button House

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

Mia Goth’s smile in the final moments of the film Pearl.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Death Valley starts tonight at 8:15 on BBC1. Here I am half way up a mountain in the Brecon Beacons last summer. There are worse jobs.

Simon Hynd and camera equipment on a hillside overlooking a reservoir.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Words Fail Me by @francesmckendrick.bsky.social is beautiful, painful and hugely resonant. I loved it. Seek it out.

Cover of the novel Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

To celebrate the broadcast of Death Valley on Sunday 25th at 8:15 on BBC1, here’s a photo of @pdoolan.bsky.social and I looking completely relaxed and normal.

Publicity photo of cast and crew of Death Valley.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Finished building the foundations for my garden office.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Then spent far too long in this queue with her…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Went to the beach with my daughter…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Watched the 4K remaster of Seven Samurai…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Finished @jnraeside.bsky.social brilliant novel, read @stejhoward.bsky.social haunting novella in a oner and made a start on @francesmckendrick.bsky.social first novel…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Julia Murray stepped up to lead the matinee of Wild Rose @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social today and absolutely smashed it!

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This wee thing spent the morning dodging traffic on our road then wandered into our flat. I just took it to the vets to see if it was chipped and found out the owners live a few blocks away and ‘Mochi’ had been missing since yesterday. Mochi and owner now happily reunited.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

#lastfour #filmsky Bergman Island and A Real Pain - 2 very different films about pilgrimages with almost identical posters.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

5:40am train Edinburgh to London for readthru of next TV show…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

For 2 months of the year the sun doesn’t rise above the roofline opposite our flat. Then suddenly in February…

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It’s been a good week. Couple of re-watches, couple of new faves. #lastfour #filmsky

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#lastfour Sixth Sense ageing very well. Rotting in the Sun is hilarious.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Which one of you bellends viciously attacked my foot at 4am?

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The Frozen Treats section of my local Scot-Mid since Brexit…

A large freezer with Frozen Treats signage filled with bags of ice.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Thank you card from the producer I’ve spent the last 9 months working with.

A card that says ‘somewhere somebody out there is thinking of the tremendous impact you made on their life. It’s not me. I think you’re a twat’

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

First one I’ve seen in the wild

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Guess we’re having a duvet day then lads

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Guess I’m gonna have to cancel my plans and stay in and watch the Powell and Pressburger double bill instead.

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I think the boys want out of the utility room

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Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This section from Rick Rubin’s book reminds me of one of the best lessons I learned at film school when my teacher told me to cut my 8 min short down to 3 mins while keeping the essence of the story.