Sand Dollars (film)

Sand Dollars
Film poster
Directed byLaura Amelia Guzmán
Israel Cárdenas
Written byLaura Amelia Guzmán
Israel Cárdenas
Based onLes Dollars des sables
by Jean-Noël Pancrazi
StarringGeraldine Chaplin
Production
companies
Aurora Dominicana
Canana
Rei Cine
Distributed byFiGa
Release date
  • 7 September 2014 (2014-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesDominican Republic
Argentina
Mexico
LanguageSpanish

Sand Dollars (Spanish: Dólares de arena) is a 2014 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[2][3] In 2016, director Laura Amelia Guzmán announced she was working on a sequel called Noelí Overseas.

  1. ^ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Dominican Republic Selects 'Sand Dollars' as Best Foreign Language Oscar Entry". Variety Latino. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Multi-Award-Winning 'Sand Dollars' Is the Dominican Republic's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Entry". IndieWire. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.