The trailer for Sean Ono Lennon's film will be projected on the closed Maritime Museum tonight (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

Sean Ono Lennon feels honoured as his Academy Award winning short film will be released on YouTube today. The son of John Lennon and Yoko has 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 celebrated production company Pixar . The film is inspired by John and Yoko's timeless anthem Happy Xmas (War Is Over) as 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

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