ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for A Game of Double Standards. Freestyle Digital Media’s upcoming documentary about the controversy that surrounded Qatar’s selection as the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be available to rent or own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms starting on July 17, 2026, as well as on DVD on July 21, 2026.
“Many will see a film about football and the World Cup,” director Mohammed Salameh said in a statement. “I see a story about double standards. The 2022 World Cup became a mirror that revealed how differently the same actions can be judged depending on who is involved.”
Check out the exclusive A Game of Double Standards trailer below (watch more trailers):
What happens in the A Game of Double Standards trailer?
The video highlights the world’s reaction and retaliation towards Qatar’s historic selection as the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It features news clips and interviews, showing the two sides of the 12-year-long controversy.
The documentary movie is written and directed by Mohammed Salameh, with Abdulalem Alshamery and Mohammed Alsaedi serving as producers. It includes interviews featuring Hassan Al Thawadi, Sepp Blatter, Bonita Mersiades, Danyel Reiche, Ambet Yuson, David Miller, Gunther Latsch, Jaber Al Harami, Simon Chadwick, Natalie Koch, Richard Bloch, Rosa Moussaoui, Guido Tognoni and Rayan Grim.
“The film features the massive backlash triggered by Qatar’s historic selection to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Following the surprise announcement in 2010, the nation faced relentless suspicion and corruption claims. Critics also targeted its size, climate, logistics, and human rights record, igniting a twelve-year storm of intense media coverage, political boycotts, and moral debates. With the media standing at the center of the controversy, Western outlets produced an overwhelming volume of investigations and exposés. These reports did more than chronicle events; they actively shaped global perceptions of Qatar, even as comparable issues in other nations drew far less scrutiny,” reads the official synopsis.
“By featuring interviews with FIFA insiders, journalists, human rights advocates, and Qatari officials, A Game of Double Standards dissects both the double standards and arguments from each party. Capsule stories from France, Germany, Russia and China provide an interesting, broad global context of each country’s sentiments towards the dispute. Ultimately, the big question is asked: Was Qatar judged fairly? Or was the world’s biggest sporting event devolved into a battle of headlines?”
