The Workers Cup

Name: The Workers Cup
Director: Adam Sobel
Released: 2017

Adam Sobel 2017

The Workers Cup is a personal look inside Qatar’s labour camps, where the FIFA World Cup 2022 is being built on the backs of a million-plus migrant workers. For the first time ever a film team gained access to the controversial construction site. African and Asian migrant workers train to compete in a football tournament of their own: The Workers Cup.

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Running Time:	54/89 min.
Subject(s):	Current Affairs, Globalization, Human Rights, Immigration and Migration, Investigative Journalism, Labor, Sports
Language(s):	Arabic, English, Hindi, Malayam, Urdu
Director(s):	Adam Sobel
Producer(s):	Rosie Garthwaite, Ramzy Haddad
Cinematographer:	Nazim Aggoune, Joe Saadeh
Editor(s):	Lauren Wellbrock, Anne Jünemann
Production Company:	The Workers Cup Ltd.

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SLUG Magazin

"Even though The Workers Cup offers a bleak perspective about one of the world’s most celebrated "events, we see “unity in diversity” in these men. We see their drive to realize their dreams in spite of an undesirable context. We watch them as football players. You’ll see it, and you’ll feel it."
The Guardian

"The Workers Cup fills a welcome niche in being an all too rare documentary about Qatar, with the added bonus of featuring charismatic characters spanning the world. It’s also a very successful film about modern day slavery which avoids pitying or patronising its subjects."
Screen Daily

"A riveting underdog tale"

Festival Participation

Sundance FF - 2017
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY FF - 2017
Vilnius International Film Festival - 2017
CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival - 2017
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2017
Best Documentary
Beirut Cinema Days (Ayam Beirut al Cinema'iya) - 2017
it's all true IDF - 2017

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