Links to more information on gold mining in Romania.

While production in these countries has been declining over the last three decades--due to ageing mines and rising production costs--an influx of foreign investment has fueled a twentieth century gold rush in the developing world.

The filmmaker, Tibor Kocris, is questioned about about the people and country he shoots for this compelling documentary, Gold Futures.

History of gold mining in Romania.

Gold Futures is a David-and-Goliath story set in a scenic Romanian village in the heart of Transylvania. At stake: a massive deposit of gold ore — and a 2000-year-old village community.

Link to information on Gaza, international aid to Gaza, and films about the region.

Director, Olly Lambert, explains what it was like to shoot inside Shifa Hospital in the 'eye of this huge international storm,' the difficulties faced by Palestinians every day, and the culture shock one experiences when crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip

The divisions between the two main Palestinian political factions, Fatah and Hamas, are not religious - as nearly all Palestinian Muslims are from the Sunni branch of Islam - but rather ideological differences in objectives, governance, and relations with Israel.

Credits for Gaza E.R.

The Gaza Strip is often described as the “world’s largest open-air prison” due to the virtual immobility of its population. The 1.4 million residents (three-quarters of them refugees and half under the age of 14) are surrounded by fences and walls to the north, east, and south, and have limited access to the Mediterranean Sea to the west.