Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers 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. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. In 2017, Cabral won the Havana Star Prize for Best Director for the film at the 18th Havana Film Festival New York. Synopsis 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. Cast Jean Jean Judith Rodriguez Perez Ramón Emilio Candelario See also List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Dominican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film