The city’s annual festival celebrating the silver screen, Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF), returns to theater spaces across Houston, screening and premiering short films and feature lengths from Houston and around the world, as well as providing special guest panels and workshop opportunities. HCAF, presented by the Houston Cinema Arts Society and running Nov. 10-17, is the city's leading annual showcase for independent filmmaking, this year's lineup includes: "Women Talking," starring Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand and Claire Foy as women in an isolated religious community; "The Inspection," with Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union in a drama about a gay, Black soldier; "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," lauded filmmaker Laura Poitras' documentary about photographer Nan Goldin's battle against pharmaceutical companies, "Close," the Cannes grand-prize winning drama from Belgian director Lukas Dhont; "Holy Spider," another Cannes prize-winner, and Rita Baghdadi's Sundance grand-prize nominee, "Sirens," a documentary about the Middle East's first female heavy metal band, and many more! Screenings are individually ticketed and sometimes free, but all-access passes start at $225. Times, locations, and prices vary.