Series · 2016–2021
Queen of the South filming locations in Malta
USA Network's Queen of the South filmed part of its third season (2018) in Valletta, Malta, where Alice Braga's Teresa Mendoza hides out, robs a bank and gets caught up in a shootout around the Grand Harbour.
Where was Queen of the South filmed in Malta?
In season three, drug queenpin Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga) runs to Malta to recover and to chase money held by a Maltese banker played by Jordi Mollà. The crew shot around Valletta: Fort St Elmo appears in the season opener, the Grand Harbour waterfront hosts a shootout with local police, and the Mediterranean Conference Centre (the Knights' old hospital) played the fictional 'Bank Internazzjonali ta' Malta' for the bank-job scenes. A car chase was reportedly filmed in the streets of Senglea.
Valletta
Mediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria)
Valletta's Mediterranean Conference Centre, the Knights' 1574 Sacra Infermeria hospital, played the 'Bank Internazzjonali ta' Malta' in season three of Queen of the South and the hospital for the criminally insane in Midnight Express.
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Valletta
Fort St Elmo
Fort St Elmo in Valletta was the Turkish prison in Midnight Express (1978).
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Scene by scene
- Season 3Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga) and her crew target the bank holding her money. The building's exterior plays the bank in the robbery scenes — played 'Bank Internazzjonali ta' Malta'Mediterranean Conference Centre (Sacra Infermeria) →
- Queen of the SouthIn the season-three premiere, Teresa Mendoza is in Malta planning how to bring product through the island. Fort St Elmo and the nearby harbour waterfront feature, along with an explosion at a café near the fort — played Itself (Valletta, Malta)Fort St Elmo →
See it on the map
The exact spot and camera angle for every Queen of the South scene in Malta.