Towns & cities

Sochi

city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Russia · 43.5853, 39.7203

Sochi is recorded as a filming location for 3 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Sochi, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 10 more. 1 video game is also set here.

1 production was filmed at 8 places inside Sochi rather than at Sochi itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“For the first 14 years, New Wave was held in the Latvian coastal city of Jūrmala, but in 2015, it moved to Sochi, the Russian Federation (other potential locations included Baku, Kaliningrad, Kazan and Crimea).”

New Wave (2002–) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Sochi

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sochi as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

The Diamond Arm 1969
How I Unleashed World War II 1970
New Wave 2002–
Ice 2018
“A number of scenes were filmed at the Olympic venues in the city of Sochi.” Wikipedia
Cheburashka 2023
“Principal photography of the film started in September 2021 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, using the Sochi Arboretum park, on the sea embankment and the Sanatorium named after G.K. Ordzhonikidze were used as locations.” Wikipedia
The Last Warrior: Root of Evil 2020
Champion of the World 2021
The Last Warrior 2017
The Last Warrior 3 2021
“The work was carried out in the city of Sochi, in the Republic of Karelia, and in the Perm Krai, as well as in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast, where a whole small town was rebuilt especially for filming - with a palace, trading rows and log cabins.” Wikipedia
Alice in Wonderland 2025

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Sochi

1 production shot at 8 places inside Sochi, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Sochi itself.

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style Krasnaya Polyana per Wikipedia 1967

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games 2013

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Sochi?

14 productions are recorded as filmed in Sochi, 1 of them at places inside it, including Comedy Club (2005), Kukhnya. Voyna za otel (2019–2020) and Vlasik (2017–). 10 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Sochi?

Comedy Club (2005), covered by 14 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Sochi?

Sochi is in Russia. Its coordinates are 43.5853, 39.7203.

What other filming locations are near Sochi?

Festivalny (under 1 km), Sochi Arboretum (2 km south-east), Donskaya (4 km north), Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium (5 km south-east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Trace, CC BY-SA 4.0.