We have a bumper edition for you this month, full of photography, art, books and the latest news for you - including the first glimpse of a new travel anthology Alyson is curating. It's going to be a busy year!

Well, we made it to the start of another year! We hope that you are safe and looking forward to a better year ahead. Take five minutes, settle down and enjoy our latest newsletter, created just for you.

The Algarve Indie Scriptwriters Workshop completed last week in Ferragudo with the selection of two storylines created by scriptwriters who live and work in Portugal, which will later become a new TV series filmed and produced in the Algarve.

It's the biggest ever edition of our newsletter! We hope you are keeping safe and well. The year is almost over, and we hope you can have a peaceful Christmas. Let's all look forward to a healthy and hopeful year ahead, and we trust that life can get back to a 'new normal' soon.

November marks a successful month for the Film & Entertainment industries in the Algarve. The Algarve Film Collective unveiled that eight film organisations from both the UK and Portugal are currently collaborating in over four important initiatives.

Filming of ‘There’s Always Hope’ feature film is now underway in the Loulé region of the Algarve, Portugal. The film is part of an intended slate of films to be shot in the Algarve in the coming months.

Film “Portugal Coronavirus Documentary” directed by Carlos A. Costa is one of the 10 finalists selected to compete in the “Health Defenders” International Section of the Resistance International Film Festival (RIFF).

Transpire  is the new album from Sian Richards, a bilingual songwriter & recording artist from Swansea, South Wales.

Available from 1st October 2020 its her third album in 7 years, besides an EP and a few singles.  The new album has 10 tracks with the inspiration for the songs coming from TV / films and every day events.