Can Georgia Become the Hollywood of the Caucasus?

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.

And the Bollywood film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl used Kazbegi, a high‑altitude area in northeastern Georgia, to evoke the rugged terrain of India’s Kargil region.

“Georgia wants to become the Hollywood of the Caucasus,” says Tatia Bidzinashvili, director of Film in Georgia, a government-backed agency created…