PAWNS | Omeleto

Decades after World War I, two old men sit down for a chess game that flashes back to 1914, when a British soldier and a German soldier ended up trapped together in the same dugout, each sparing the other's life. Stuck waiting out a gas attack with nothing to do but talk, William and Karl discover a friendship that outlasts the war that made them enemies.

Why it's free: Free on Omeleto's own channel; the distributor licensed it from director Tyrees A. Lamptey.