Ester Martin Bergsmark is trained at the Swedish University College of Arts Crafts and Design. Together with Mark Hammarberg, they made the film MAGGIE IN WONDERLAND (2008), awarded the Prize for Best European documentary, Doc Alliance 2009, and a Guldbagge Award for Best Swedish Documentary.

Their film SHE MALE SNAILS won the Audience Award, Prize for Best Cinematography, and Honorary Mention for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg International Film Festival. Their latest feature film SOMETHING MUST BREAK opened Gothenburg Intenational Film festival in 2014 and was awarded the Tiger award for Best Film at Rotterdam Intenational Filmfestival. Ester Martin Bergsmark’s projects are characterized by a will to experiment, an aesthetic drive, and a skill for showing new images rooted in today’s western society, that pushes the boundaries of the documentary as well as the feature film genre.