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Loukman Ali (1 June 1990) is a Ugandan cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, and producer.  His directorial debut was Monday (2013), followed by The Bad Mexican (2017), a short comedy. In 2020 he made his feature debut with the mystery thriller The Girl in the Yellow Jumper which he wrote and directed and winner of Best Movie East Africa at the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. In 2022 Ali directed the Netflix Nollywood feature film Brotherhood, winner of the 2023 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film. He wrote and directed three short films between 2021 and 2023: The Blind Date, Sixteen Rounds, and Ubuntu Uppercut, winner of Best African Short film at the Durban International Film Festival 2022. Most recently he directed the opening episode of Netflix’s African Folktales, Reimagined—Katera of the Punishment Island—based on the past cultural practice in Uganda of abandoning unmarried pregnant girls on The Punishment Island, also known as Akampene Island.  Ali is currently in pre-production with his latest film Pakachini. His shorts The Bad Mexican, Sixteen Rounds, and Ubuntu Uppercut can be viewed on his YouTube Channel.