One More Please

Daniel is alone on Valentine's Day, and his plan is simple: find a bar and drink until the evening no longer stings. Then a handsome stranger takes the next stool, and a playful drinking game begins, each round loosening the guard Daniel has spent the night building. Director Aleksei Borovikov packs a full arc of loneliness, flirtation and unexpected connection into just five minutes, with Jack Posey as the young man at the center and Sam Douglas, Lani Stait Duran and Amber Christina rounding out the small cast. Bittersweet rather than boozy, One More Please is a miniature about the risks of reaching out and the surprising places a single conversation can lead. The short is featured in the anthology The Gay Agenda 34.