Where was The Constant Gardener filmed?
2005 film by Fernando Meirelles
The Constant Gardener (2005) was filmed in London, Berlin, Nairobi, Winnipeg, Lake Turkana, Tate Modern and 12 more places, 18 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United Kingdom, Germany, Kenya, Canada. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. Each place says where its claim comes from.
Places per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 18 places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
London
England
Capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Towns & cities
Berlin
Germany
Federated state, capital and largest city of Germany
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Studios & sets
Babelsberg Studio
Germany
Film studio in Potsdam, Germany
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Towns & cities
Canary Wharf
England
Privately-owned district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Landmarks & buildings
Tate Modern
England
Modern art gallery located in Bankside, London, England
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Towns & cities
Paddington
England
Area within the City of Westminster, in central London, England
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Towns & cities Nairobi
Kenya
Capital city of Kenya
“The film was shot partly in 16mm on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera, a section of Nairobi, Kenya.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Canary Wharf tube station
England
London Underground station
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Towns & cities
Winnipeg
Canada
Capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings Academy of Arts, Berlin
Germany
National German academic institution for the advancement of the arts; created in 1993 through the merger of the West and East German academies
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Landmarks & buildings
Berlin Central Station
Germany
Main railway station of Berlin
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Landscapes & nature
Lake Magadi
Kenya
Lake in Kajiado County, Kenya
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Landscapes & nature
Lake Turkana
Kenya
Alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
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Towns & cities
Loiyangalani
Kenya
Town in Marsabit County, Kenya
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Towns & cities
Kibera
Kenya
Largest neighborhood in Nairobi
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Landmarks & buildings
Lokichogio Airport
Kenya
Airport in Lokichogio, Kenya
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Landscapes & nature East African Rift Rift
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Towns & cities
Lokichogio
Kenya
Town in the Turkana District, northwest of Kenya
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Places whose own article says it was shot there
2 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Towns & cities Nairobi
Kenya
Capital city of Kenya
“The most recent of these was The Constant Gardener (2005), a large part of which was filmed in the city.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Lake Magadi
Kenya
Lake in Kajiado County, Kenya
“The lake is featured in Fernando Meirelles's film The Constant Gardener, which is based on the book of the same name by John le Carré, and is used as a stand-in for Lake Turkana in the north of Kenya, where the book and film are set.” Wikipedia
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