Nadia Romanos speaks to South African Daniel Snaddon, who co-directed children’s animation, 'The Smeds and the Smoos’. The multi-award winning film, currently streaming on Showmax, has been nominated for Best Kids’ Animation at the International Emmy Awards, taking place in New York on Monday, 20 November 2023.
Narrated by Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), 'The Smeds and the Smoos' tells the story of two warring families whose children, Bill and Janet, fall in love and run away together. Hotly pursued by their grandparents, Grandfather Smed (comedian Bill Bailey) and Grandmother Smoo (Adjoa Andoh from Bridgerton), the two young aliens (Ashna Rabheru from Sex Education and Daniel Ezra from All American) lead their families on a chase across space, giving them the opportunity to find out they have more in common than they think.