Why Georgia Is Emerging as a Global Film Production Hub

With medieval churches, brutalist apartment blocks, sweeping mountains and Tarantino-esque dive bars, the Caucasus nation of Georgia has played a variety of starring roles in recent years.

In F9 , the ninth Fast & Furious movie, the capital Tbilisi served as the backdrop for a high-octane car chase, with American muscle cars roaring past the grand opera house, parliament and Freedom Square — a potent symbol of Georgia’s break from Soviet rule — as a helicopter thundered overhead.

The Apple TV series Drops of God tapped into the country’s moody vineyards and soaring peaks for its cross-continental tale of wine and inheritance.

With medieval churches, brutalist apartment blocks, sweeping mountains and Tarantino-esque dive bars, the Caucasus nation of Georgia has played a variety of