🏙 Towns & cities
Sofia
capital city of Bulgaria
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 42.6979, 23.3217
Sofia is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Sofia, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 10 more.
“Nu Image acquired the studios to upgrade them into Nu Boyana Film Studios, used to shoot scenes for a number of action movies like The Expendables 2, Rambo: Last Blood and London Has Fallen.”
Movies filmed in Sofia
- Bulgaran is a Gallant 1915
- A Dog in a Drawer 1982
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Sofia 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 Expendables 2 2012
- 300: Rise of an Empire 2014
- The Expendables 3 2014
- The Hitman's Bodyguard 2017
- The Black Dahlia 2006
- Hitman 2007
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Barbarian
2022
“The film was shot in Sofia, while exterior neighborhood shots beyond the house's block were filmed in the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit.” Wikipedia
- Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead 2009
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Autómata
2014
“The film was shot at Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria.” Wikipedia
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Stars
1959
“The film was shot in the late summer of 1958 in the surrounding area of Sofia, Bulgaria.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🎬 Studios & sets
Nu Boyana Film Studios
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Bulgarian film studio
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Ognyanovo Reservoir
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pernik
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
city in Pernik municipality, Pernik oblast, Bulgaria
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bistritsa
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
village in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Vitosha
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
mountain massif in Bulgaria
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Sofia?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Sofia, including Bulgaran is a Gallant (1915), A Dog in a Drawer (1982) and The Expendables 2 (2012). 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 Sofia?
Bulgaran is a Gallant (1915), covered by 7 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Sofia?
Sofia is in Bulgaria, at 42.6979, 23.3217.
What other filming locations are near Sofia?
Nu Boyana Film Studios, Ognyanovo Reservoir, Pernik, Bistritsa and 1 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 Deensel, CC BY 2.0.