Corporate News
October 1st, 2008
Alexander Barnett joins atlas sales team.
Sales veteran Alexander Barnett has joined atlas international where he will focus on German speaking territories. Mr. Barnett has worked in senior sales positions at various leading German companies such as RTL Television, EM TV and Advanced Medien AG.
Stefan Menz, President of atlas international, said: "We are thrilled to have Mr. Barnett join our sales team given his wealth of experience. I am convinced that he will be a major asset to the company and all our clients."
September 24th, 2008
atlas international parent EVA acquires 50% of DUO Entertainment
In a strategic move to further strengthen its library and to reinforce the access to the important North American market, atlas international's parent company EVA Finance GmbH acquires 50% of the international licensing company DUO Entertainment Vertriebs GmbH (DUO), with offices in Duesseldorf and Los Angeles.
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June 12th, 2008
Dieter Menz elected to the new Board of EFEA
EFEA, the European Film Export Association has voted for a new board. Dieter Menz (atlas international Film) has been elected as one of the board members. Other members are: President Jacques Eric Strauss (Plaza Production, France), Vice President Adriana Chiesa Palma (Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, Italy), Vice President Frederik Stege (Trusk Nordiks, Denmark), Treasurer Jean-Paul de Vidas (Les Films 26, France), Jef Nuyts (Intra Movies, Italy), Michael Werner (NonStop Sales, Sweden) and Kevin Williams (Kevin Williams Ass., Spain).
The European Film Export Association (EFEA) was initiated and founded in November 2003 by international distributors (sales agents) of feature films to join forces, to develop common strategies, and to gather and exchange trade information among the European companies. Its latest activities include the creation of an arbitration procedure for the settlement of disputes as well as a cooperation with the European Commission in order to fight piracy.
April 1, 2008
Verena Groll joins Atlas International's sales team.
Following her recent graduation in Media Business Administration, Mrs. Verena Groll has joined atlas international and will further strenthen the sales team around President Philipp Menz and Sales Manager Susanne Groh.
Mrs. Groll had already worked at atlas as an intern during her studies.
March 14, 2008
EVA moves to new offices
On March 13th, 2008, Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) has moved to new offices at Candidplatz 11 in Munich. The new high-tech headquarter is now home to both atlas international Film GmbH and all EVA companies, including EVA Apollo Media GmbH and EVA Finance GmbH and with two connected floors stretching over more than 1.300 square meters (appr. 14.000 square feet), provides enough room for the rapidly growing entertainment company.
September 1, 2007
Susanne Groh joins atlas international
Company strengthens sales-force following merger with EVA.
Mrs. Groh has been working in foreign sales for more than 15 years. Just prior to joining atlas, she served as head of sales for Munich based Cine International. In her new position at atlas, she will work closely with Philipp Menz and Dieter Menz to market the companies 600+ library.
atlas international recently announced their merger with Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) which gives the company access to an attractive library of 12 Film Funds managed by EVA and to new product created through EVA’s international co-production and financing structure.
August 21, 2007
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Press Release
Neubiberg/Munich, August 21, 2007
Merger of EVA and atlas international Film
Strong independent market player in international film sales
On Monday, August 20, 2007, Entertainment Value Associates GmbH (EVA) has acquired a majority in atlas international Film GmbH (Atlas), the longstanding Munich based and family-run foreign sales company.
EVA managing director Kai Grüneke will join the management of atlas international and together with Stefan and Philipp Menz, the two sons of founder Dieter Menz, shape the future of the well-established sales company. Through the merger, atlas will now have a combined rights portfolio of well over 500 films and TV productions at its disposal.
„With over 40 years of experience in sales and its excellent connections to film buyers as well as producers and actors worldwide, atlas is definitely an ideal partner for EVA," says Kai Grüneke. „The company has an outstandingly functioning infrastructure and also a comprehensive controlling competence for film sales. Together with atlas, we will be creating the best prerequisites to substantially increase the effectiveness of the sales of the 12 film fund portfolios managed by EVA."
atlas founder Dieter Menz adds: "With EVA as an ideal partner, we have strengthened our company’s position in the market and prepared it well for the future. Given the development and consolidation of the global markets, this merger is a strategically important step."
The focus of the joint business operations will continue to be the global marketing of fiction, non-fiction and event productions in all classical - as well as all new distribution channels. In addition, the EVA Group and Atlas International will cooperate to considerably extend their rights catalogue over the next two years through acquisition and distribution of new attractive exploitation rights. For this purpose, EVA has already secured a substantial financial cushion from American financial investors.
The joint market presence will commence with MIPCOM at the beginning of October in Cannes and continue at the AFM in Santa Monica at the beginning of November. „At the coming film markets we will have surprises in store with our commitment in new international productions", reveals Kai Grüneke.
"EvaApollo Media, an EVA subsidiary, has accumulated knowhow in film financing and production as a co-producer on almost one hundred international productions. Combine this with atlas’ 40 years of experience in sales and you get a very attractive package for both film producers and film buyers" says Dieter Menz, summing up the purpose of the merger.
Founded by Dieter Menz in 1967, the core business of Munich-based atlas international Film GmbH is the worldwide licensing of feature films as well as series and documentaries for all media. Since 1970, the lineup consists of both German and foreign productions. Today, the portfolio of atlas covers more than 400 high-quality titles from over 120 producers. In the passed 40 years, atlas has closed more than 12,000 license agreements.
EVA was founded in 2006. The company headquarters are in Neubiberg/Munich. The shareholders are Odeon Film AG and Kai Grüneke. The managing directors are Kai Grüneke and David Groenewold (board chairman of Odeon Film AG). EVA's areas of business are international coproduction and financing, international film sales as well as services for - and management of film funds. With the acquisition of Apollo Media Filmmanagement GmbH, now operating as EvaApollo Media GmbH, EVA was also able to win one of the largest German management companies for film funds as a partner at the end of 2006.
March 22, 2007
The Vexxer ("Neues vom Wixxer") opened on March 15, 2007 with 600 prints and was the No.1 at the German boxoffice with a per screen average of 454 tickets and a result of 1.706.430€ or roughly 2.280.361 US$ for the opening weekend.
February 22, 2007
atlas international takes over worldsales of the Comedy blockbuster "NEUES VOM WIXXER" (The Vexxer), produced by Ratpack Filmproduktion in Co-production with Medienfonds GFP II KG and B.A. Produktion.
The movie, which is a sequel to the very successful "Der Wixxer" (The Trixxer), will be released theatrically in Germany by Constantin Film on March 15th, 2007.
February 2007
Founded in February of 1967, atlas international will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
"Forty successful years in this ever changing world of entertainment is quite a long stretch and something to be very proud of!" says Dieter Menz, President and founder of atlas international.
February 2007
On February 8th, 2007, the atlas international website has been re-launched after a complete top-down re-design. The new structure will be fed with additional content in the course of the next few weeks.
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