Esteri Tebandeke is an actress, filmmaker and visual artist. She has been an actress since 2008 performing in a variety of theatre and film productions in Uganda and around the world. Her most notable film work was on the Walt Disney Studios production, Queen of Katwe, starring Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo. Esteri has had her films as an actress and director shown at numerous festivals like Toronto International film festival, BFI London Film Festival, Luxor African Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Uganda Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Africa International Film Festival. Esteri was part of the writing team on a web series being developed in collaboration with film students from Uganda, Kenya, Ghana and Germany. This project was shot on location in Accra, Ghana and is currently in post-production. Little Black Dress, her directorial debut is a short film that was shot on location in Nairobi, Kenya in April 2019. The film premiered in competition at the 2019 edition of the Africa International Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria and in competition at FESPACO (Burkina Faso) in November 2021 and at the Luxor African Film Festival (February 2020). Esteri directed and produced two feature films commissioned by Multichoice Kenya that were released in quarter 1 of 2022.