| Woodpeckers | |
| Director: | José María Cabral |
| Starring: | Jean Jean |
| Music: | Freddy Ginebra |
| Cinematography: | Hernan Herrera |
| Editing: | José María Cabral |
| Distributor: | Film Factory Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes |
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Language: | Spanish |
Woodpeckers (Spanish; Castilian: '''Carpinteros''') is a 2017 Dominican Republic drama film directed by José María Cabral. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2] In 2017, Cabral won the Havana Star Prize for Best Director for the film at the 18th Havana Film Festival New York.[3]
In adjacent male and female prisons, inmates communicate by "pecking" messages by hand. New prisoner Julian forges an alliance with the hot-tempered Manaury and learns to become a "woodpecker." Complications arise when Yanelly, Manaury's girlfriend, becomes more interested in communicating with Julian.[4]