Presidential Productions showcases the work of award-winning independent Australian filmmaker James Cunningham. Presidential Productions and James Cunningham have together successfully produced both film and theatre productions around Australia in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Gold Coast, and remote Whitsunday Islands, extending its creative reach through collaborations with independent and international artists. Cunningham's other works have screened at film festivals around the world, are produced wholly-independently and not-for-profit. 

Presidential Productions successful produced and presented live stage drama James Cunningham's THE SHEDS, about a gay Australian Rules footballer which toured Australia (Melbourne Fringe 2013, Adelaide Fringe 2014, Sydney Fringe 2014). Presidential Productions produced live stage drama GOUGH at Melbourne Fringe in 2014. Written and directed by James Cunningham, GOUGH explores the 1975 dismissal of the Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. The company then produced and Cunningham directed a re-imagining of Patrick Hamilton's 1929 play ROPE at Murdoch University during Perth's Fringe World Festival in 2016. The following year, Cunningham presented another original work THE WAR ROOM to Perth's festival audiences.

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In early 2018, Presidential Productions completed short film BENEATH THE WAVES which chronicles the relationship between two brothers on a surfing trip, filmed on location in Western Australia. The film was selected at film festivals in Australia and across the globe including as far as Italy, New York, India and beyond. That same year, the company released documentary FERNANDO'S RIDE about once homeless Brazilian man Fernando de Andrade, who rode 3,000km across the Australian outback to raise awareness for homeless youth. Presidential Productions and James Cunningham's short film, THE ASSIGNMENT, a Hitchcock-inspired thriller set in Melbourne and produced in 2022, earned and was awarded 'Best Thriller' and 'Best Director' for cast and crew at the Chicago Cinema Awards. In 2023, Cunningham collaborated with six United states-based actors to bring his short film ATLAS to life. In 2024, Presidential Productions successfully produced SAVAGE SANDS, a sun-drenched short film about a man (F Boy Island's Eric Kay) who gets trapped on a tropical desert island, filmed on a remote island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In 2025, Cunningham wrote and directed short film MONTSERRAT on Queensland's Gold Coast, an exploration of the immigrant experience in Australia featuring Ecuadorian actor and model Wilson Bazurto.

2026 will see the release of upcoming short films THE LIFEGUARD about a young Australian lifeguard with a secret to be filmed in Airlie Beach, Queensland, as well as LIFE COACH about a heavily-tattooed fitness instructor struggling with self-confidence to be filmed in Sydney. Presidential Productions has multiple film ands theatre projects various stages of development.