Ester Holmén is a playwright, director and actor. For the dance theater collective Theater Heartbreak, she has written the all-night plays "SNAP-The moment she just can't take it anymore" and "Maleficarum”. In the fall of 2022, she wrote and directed the play "Smoking-free/Pet-free/Residential-free". "Disused" is her first short film in which, in addition to being responsible for the script and direction together with Susanne Walström, she also plays the lead role.