ANZAC day is almost here again. A time for New Zealanders and Australians to remember the efforts of those that put theirs lives on the line in WWI.

James Cunningham has produced a short tale, entitled 'Poppy', about of two Kiwi soldiers who discover a baby in a muddy WWI trench.  You can tell from the clip that a lot of care and effort has gone into crafting this story.

Poppy is part of an ANZAC Day collection curated by NZ On Screen.

Clip synopsis 

In Poppy two Kiwi soldiers discover a baby in a muddy WWI trench. For Paddy it will lead to redemption amidst the hell of war. From a David Coyle script — based on his great-grandfather’s war story — Poppy was another successful computer-animation collaboration between producer Paul Swadel and director James Cunningham (Infection, Delf). CGI evokes a bleak Western Front landscape on which the (motion-captured) human drama unfolds. Cunningham spent over 4500 hours making Poppy; the result was acclaim at Siggraph, and invites to Telluride and SXSW festivals.