Adam Sobel
UK 2017 54' 89'
⚬ Sports ⚬ Current Affairs & Politics
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 most controversial construction site and gives voice to the workers following their enthusiastic preparation for their own soccer cup.
Director | Adam Sobel |
Producers | Rosie Garthwaite, Ramzy Haddad |
Executive Producers | Paul Miller, Dennis Paul |
Production Company | The Workers Cup LLC |
Co-Production Company | Mediadante |
Cinematography | Nazim Aggoune, Joe Saadeh |
Editors | Lauren Wellbrock, Anne Jünemann |
Music | Nathan Halpern |
Sound | Another Country |
Best Documentary | Hawaii European Cinema 2017 |
Sundance 2017 |
It's All True IDF 2017 |
Beirut Cinema Days 2017 |
Hawaii IFF 2017 |
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 |
CPH:DOX 2017 |
Vilnius IFF 2017 |
Docs Against Gravity 2017 |
Beldocs 2017 |
Zürich FF 2017 |
Palm Springs IFF 2018 |
FIPA 2018 |
Sydney FF 2018 |
| Runtimes | 54' 89' |
| Spoken Languages | English, Hindi, Gha, Tui, Nepali, Malayalam, Arabic |
| Production Countries | UK |
Adam Sobel is a writer and filmmaker who has been living in Qatar for the past 5 years. He has a particular interest in the interplay between sports and society. In 2013, he lived at Mt. Everest base camp for two months directing a documentary series following the first woman from Saudi Arabia to stand on top of the world. The series won a 2014 CINE Golden Eagle. Since 2013, Adam has served an advisor for Northwestern University in Qatar's film grant program. Under Adam's mentorship, his students' films have played at festivals around the world, on Al Jazeera, and have been nominated for the Student Academy Awards.
