Sean's movie message of 'hope and humanity'

OSCAR-WINNING FILM BY SEAN ONO LENNON INSPIRED BY PARENTS' CHRISTMAS SONG

- By RYAN PATON ECHO Reporter

SEAN Ono Lennon's Academy Award-winning short film was projected on to the Maritime Museum last night as the writer and musician released it online for free.

The son of John Lennon and Yoko made War Is Over in tribute to the music of his parents.

Sean co-wrote the animated movie with Dave Mullins, who has previously worked for Pixar.

The film is inspired by John and Yoko's timeless anthem Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and the synopsis reads: “The film is set in an alternate WWI reality where, as a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a game of chess.

“A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers’ chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates, meanwhile neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, the film powerfully illustrates that one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.”