Gheorghe Vodă

Gheorghe Vodă was a writer, screenwriter and film director from Moldova.
Among the participants of the funeral of the late Gheorghe Vodă were Arcadie Suceveanu, vice president Moldovan Writers' Union, Ion Ungureanu, Vladimir Beşleagă, Anatol Codru, Andrei Vartic, Andrei Strâmbeanu, Mihai Poiată.

Biography

Gheorghe Vodă was born on December 24, 1934, in the village of Văleni, Ismail County. He studied Philology at the "Ion Creangă" Pedagogical University in Chișinău, and then higher courses of director and scriptwriter at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography from Moscow.
After graduating from the faculty, he worked as a journalist and poet. His first volumes of poetry enclose in the resurrectional context of the Bessarabian sixteenth writers, who made the effort to remove the literature from the ideological schemes of time and to impress an aesthetic and national consciousness.

Death and funeral

Gheorghe Vodă died on February 24, 2007, in Chișinău, being buried in the Central Cemetery in Chișinău. He was led on the last road by Bessarabian culture personalities such as: Arcadie Suceveanu, the vice-president of the Moldovan Writers' Union, the former minister of culture Ion Ungureanu, writers Vladimir Beşleagă, Anatol Codru, Andrei Vartic, Andrei Strâmbeanu, Mihai Poiată and others.

Awards

The Grand Prize for documentary film at the Regional Film Festival in Chişinău for the film De-ale toamnei;
Special Jury Prize for Best Comedy and Special Prize for Best Screenplay at the Riga Regional Film Festival for the film Se caută un paznic.

Works

Zborul seminţelor Focuri de toamnă Ploaie fierbinte Aripi pentru Manole Pomii dulci Inima alergând De dorul vieţii, de dragul pământului Valurile La capătul vederii

''Viaţa pe nemâncate''

Filmography

Director

Drama

Bariera Se caută un paznic Singur în faţa dragostei

''Vara ostaşului Dedov''

Documentary Films

Amar Chişinău-500 Cu cântecul în ospeţie De-ale toamnei Maria Chişinău, Chişinău Încredere Vară de neuitat

''Usturici nr.3''

Scenarist

Familia noastră Amar Bariera Singur în faţa dragostei Maria Maturitate Încredere Vară de neuitat Usturici nr.12

''Jumătate de regat pentru un cal''