"I commissioned Pretzel to deliver 5 x 3 min films with 1 minute cut downs for our Europa event in Lake Como, 2007. The event had various keynote speakers from our clients around Europe and in the US. We wanted preview films contextualising their locations, their importance to a brand like SunGard and moreover precis the complex messages that each of them were coming to talk about.

I needed the films to be engaging and visually rich, furthermore I needed a production company I could trust to represent Sungard in front of global companies like Deutsche Bank and Erste Group. The budget and schedule was tight. Pretzel had done some work for me in 2006 and so I brought them back in to discuss the films. After talking with them I knew that the project would be in safe hands and by working together we could make something quite special.

The films were a triumph at the event and are currently running online. Pretzel managed to take stereotypical boardrooms and create stimulating portraits of our clients that managed to keep the clients happy but also retain a SunGard brand look and feel.

Next year is another SunGard Europa; I look forward to bringing the Pretzel team back into the office to discuss our next venture..."

Paul Wilson, Division Chief Marketing Officer , SunGard Systems

Pretzel have made films for us that have surpassed our expectations. 'The Road Ahead' has the lyrical and emotional qualities that we saw in their showreel, as well as the highest creative and technical standards. From the beginning Pretzel were quick to grasp the complexities of our brand, and the direction in which we wanted to go with our films, the end results have been moving and stunning..."

Tim Hamilton, Head of Creative Services , Tearfund

"Pretzel were a company we had never worked with before, brought to us by a colleague in May 2007. When you work with a new producer it's usual that they are either professional, original, smart, flexible or brand savvy - but very rarely are they all of the above at the same time. We were extremely pleased at what a pleasure Pretzel were to work with but more importantly, at the quality of the work they delivered. It was an exceptional short film, narratively perfect and executed with style. We will certainly be working with them again in the future."

James Gilbey, Creative and Production Director, Discovery Network Europe , Discovery Europe