Woodpeckers (Spanish: 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.

[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."