Producing is not just about raising money and writing shooting schedules. For Kim Münster, it's a creative process—full of risk, trust, and having each other's backs. For ten years, she has run her production company Treibsand Film and builds spaces where cinematic visions can be realized without being slowed down.

After studying cinematography in Dortmund, she began early on to produce her own projects and take on responsibility in productions. Today, she works on documentary formats, hybrid short films, and educational projects—always with a social focus and a distinctive artistic style.

For her, producing doesn't mean control, but enabling. She sees her role as a creative partner who protects visions, empowers teams, and shares risks—financially, artistically, and structurally. Producers, to her, are the ones who make films possible and have people's backs, rather than slowing them down.

Alongside her production work, Kim is involved in film policy—in Filmbüro NW and in the Dokomotive collective. There, she advocates for fair structures, visibility, and film as a cultural asset. One of her focuses: children's film as an influential medium for future generations, which often gets overlooked in funding strategies and needs more attention.

In the Soonercast, Kim talks about her early days between camera, directing, and producing, about unexpected company founding moments, about responsibility towards teams—and about why female producers are often the bravest people on set.

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