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BIRMINGHAM'S first digital festival will close on Sunday night with 'Into the Light', a tribute to one of the city's most famous sons from the world of film.
Sir Michael Balcon (1896-1977) was the former head of Ealing Studios.
As well as giving Alfred Hitchcock his first directing job, Sir Michael went on to run a US studio for MGM.
He also helped to set up BAFTA and chaired the Experimental Film Fund in the 1950s - later to become the BFI, which was an organisation committed to helping unknown film makers as well as pioneering new technologies.
His most famous films include A Yank At Oxford, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Good Companions, Passport to Pimlico, The Lavender Hill Mob and The 39 Steps.
And naming the policeman in The Blue Lamp (1954) after his old Birmingham school, George Dixon, later led to title of the long-running TV series, Dixon of Dock Green.
On Sunday, October 26, his actress daughter, Jill Balcon - the mother of double Oscar-winning best actor Daniel Day-Lewis - will attend a special screening of Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness as entire aristocratic dynasty.
In the spirt of Sir Michael's passion for helping young filmmakers, the winning 'Film Dash' entry of a short-film competition at the city's first Hello Digital festival will also be screened as a curtain-raiser.
The gala evening will begin promptly at 7pm on Sunday at the Odeon New Street.
Tickets are free - contact organiser Roger Shannon via www.swishproductions.co.uk or telephone 0121 449 5598.
+ A four-day showcase of sights and sounds at Millennium Point, Hello Digital is a pioneering blend of interactive fun, gaming, education and workshops and includes everything from robotics to communications, films, gaming, animations and installations. The whole event is free and aimed at all ages. For more details visit www.hellodigital.net