MUMBAI: The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, which will run between 13 to 20 October, will pay homage to named film personalities like Mani Kaul, MF Husain and Shammi Kapoor who passed away lately.

Offering its tribute to Kaul, the Mumbai fest will screen his film Siddheshwari on 16 October. The film on the life of Hindustani singer Siddheshwari Devi is a national award-winning documentary.

The following day, MF Husain’s film Through The Eyes of a Painter will be screened as a tribute to the painter-filmmaker. The short film, produced by the Films Division, was written and directed by Husain way back in 1967. It also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Then on 18 October, the festival will screen Vijay Anand’s Teesri Manzil as a tribute to veteran actor Shammi Kapoor.