The Heineken Green Room hosted a cocktail party on Saturday, January 19th, 2008, in honor of Heineken's Red Star Award program. Actor and Director DB Sweeney was on hand to talk about the Red Star Award and to announce the 2008 film festivals that Heineken chose to be part of the Program this year. Numerous Film Festival Directors showed up for the exciting event, including Barry Rivers from Maui Film Festival, Stephen Rubin from the Santa Fe Film Festival, and Jody Keilbasa from the Sarasota Film Festival. The event made for great networking and numerous animated conversations about film could be heard from all corners of the room. Attendees enjoyed a sushi buffet and ice-cold Heineken and Heineken Premium Light.