The Houston Cinema Arts Society brings Bayou City cinephiles a variety of programming all year long in the form of screenings, concerts and fancy multimedia events like the annual JULYDOSCOPE gala, but all that is still preamble to the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. For several days in November (9 to 13 this year), Houston's movie houses come alive with more than 50 films, plus video installations, "Meet the Makers" interviews, workshops and frequent celebrity sightings; guests across HCAF's decade-long run include Richard Linklater, Shirley MacLaine and Robert Redford. Besides globe-spanning documentaries, special anniversary screenings or sneak peeks at prestige Hollywood fare — last year's HCAF gave Houston audiences their first taste of Jackie and Best Picture near-miss La La Land — the festival curates its bill of fare with a keen eye toward regional interest, which could be a local premiere (Honky Tonk Heaven, about Austin's storied Broken Spoke) or the annual CineSpace competition that invites aspiring filmmakers to cut together a ten-minute short from existing NASA footage.