Gabriel Sandu
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Director / Screenwriter / Playwright

Gabriel
Sandu

Director, screenwriter and playwright.Working across theatre, cinema and pop culture.

All the work Bucharest, Romania
Gabriel Sandu
TheatreFilmPerformanceWriting2017 — 2027

Current projects

2026

The Hopeful Story of Mihaela Runceanu (Povestea plină de speranță a Mihaelei Runceanu)

Film · Post-production

2026

Miss Julie (Domnișoara Iulia)

Theatre · In preparation

From the archive

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The Handball Match (Meciul de handbal)
Theatre / 2025

The Handball Match (Meciul de handbal)

The Hopeful Story of Mihaela Runceanu (Povestea plină de speranță a Mihaelei Runceanu)
Film / 2026 / Post-production

The Hopeful Story of Mihaela Runceanu (Povestea plină de speranță a Mihaelei Runceanu)

Death at the Revue Theatre (Moarte la Teatrul de Revistă)
Theatre / 2024

Death at the Revue Theatre (Moarte la Teatrul de Revistă)

Two mermaids on the floating stage beneath a golden circular projection05 / Performance

Sirens on the Dâmbovița (Sirene pe Dâmbovița)

IOTA · ARCUB2025
The three actresses sing under purple stage lighting in Adrenaline (Adrenalină)09 / Theatre

Adrenaline (Adrenalină)

Excelsior Theatre2024
An actress in a black gown at centre stage beneath a golden sun-like orb in 10 Things I Lost at the Mamaia Festival (10 lucruri pe care le-am pierdut la Festivalul Mamaia)10 / Theatre

10 Things I Lost at the Mamaia Festival (10 lucruri pe care le-am pierdut la Festivalul Mamaia)

Constanța State Theatre2023
Image from the Guide Me (Îndrumă-mă) installation07 / Performance

Guide Me (Îndrumă-mă)

/SAC @ Malmaison2025
The suspension installation and performers in Trauma Kink, in blue and red stage light12 / Theatre

Trauma Kink

Giuvlipen · Romanian Playwrights Theatre2022
A performer at a microphone in front of red and blue projections in Enmity v2.0 (Dușmănie v2.0)15 / Theatre

Enmity v2.0 (Dușmănie v2.0)

Teatrelli2021
A performer wearing a deer mask singing into a microphone in LUX11 / Theatre

LUX

Regina Maria Theatre, Oradea2022
A scene from Forgot (Uitasem): a man sits in a bathtub while a woman kneels beside him, against a tiled set.16 / Theatre

Forgot (Uitasem)

POINT Art Hub, Bucharest2019
Gabriel Sandu
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Gabriel Sandu is a multidisciplinary artist, director, screenwriter and playwright, one of the prominent voices of a new generation of Romanian artists. His work spans cinema, theatre, music and pop culture, combining journalistic research, archives and fictional reconstructions.

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