
EVA is one of Germany’s fastest growing media companies with an international approach towards sales, acquisitions & financing and (co-)production in the area of film and television as well as film fund management; Odeon Film AG, located in Berlin, is the majority shareholder of the EVA Holding company while Kai Grueneke is the majority shareholder of EVA’s operational units. EVA has become a first class address for talent that is looking for financing and worldwide exploitation of content through a team of both passionate and realistic entrepreneurs in entertainment.
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One of EVA's most important strategic objectives is the organic expansion of its national and international media production operations. With the acquisition of 74,90 % of EvaApollo Media GmbH in December 2006, EVA has gained access to one of Germany’s most prestigious collections of production knowhow, derived from close to 100 international (co-) productions for fiction, documentary, animation and music in partnership with major studios and leading independents from all over the world. The production portfolio of EvaApollo includes film- and television highlights like the Academy Award winning motion picture CRASH, the Academy Award nominated WHALE RIDER and the Golden Globe winning miniseries ELVIS. The combination of EVA’s access to a broad variety of financial resources and EvaApollo’s knowhow of public subsidy systems, incentives and co-production treaties for filmed entertainment around the globe, provide an outstanding business platform for German and international producers who develop commercial content for international exploitation. With current co-productions like STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 – MARAUDER (Sony) and SCORPION KING – RISE OF A WARRIOR (Universal), EvaApollo has also proven its success as a recognized partner for major US studios for projects structured under international co-production treaties. EvaApollo is heading for expansion in this unique niche for a German production house. EvaApollo provides specialised knowledge in developing, financing, producing, controlling and administrating national and international entertainment content. With 10 years of experience in the international production business, EvaApollo is one of very few German companies, which are highly respected throughout the international filmed entertainment business. EvaApollo’s knowledge is being capitalized on by generating fees for consulting and administrating investments of private and institutional investors as well as other companies in the entertainment business. Ever since the German government, in 2005, put a stop to tax-driven public media enterprises, those enterprises have been forced to concentrate on new core activities such as licensing their media content as well as receivables management. Due to the combination of EVA-Group’s in-house competences EvaApollo can successfully manage those core activities. The administration of public media enterprises provides extensive knowledge about market participants, contract structures, contract conditions and successful production management. This pool of information enables a better risk assessment for new production investments and also serves EVA’s dynamic growth strategy. As of today, EvaApollo is one of the biggest administrators for public media enterprises servicing 14 public media enterprises with a combined capitalization of almost € 500 million.
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