Jini Maxwell

Jini Maxwell is a writer and curator who lives in Naarm. They are an assistant curator at ACMI, where they also host the Women & Non-binary gamers club. They write about videogames and the people who make them. You can find them on Twitter @astroblob

Jini Maxwell's Latest Articles

Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog, screening at TIFF
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All the Australian films featured at TIFF 2021

Films by Madeleine Gottfried, Nash Edgerton, Jane Campion, Philip Noyce and Eva Orner have been selected to screen at the…

Victoria Justice, star of the upcoming Australian netflix romcom, attends an event in Pasadena California.
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New Australian Netflix rom-com to star Adam Demos and Nickelodeon’s Victoria Justice

The untitled romcom feature is directed by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Stuart McDonald. It's set to film in Queensland.

Before Netflix, Auntie Donna won funding through Skip Ahead. Image: Netflix
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Skip Ahead offers $120k to creative Australian Youtubers

Youtubers will be eligible for up to $120,000 in production funding through Skip Ahead, which is funded by Screen Australia…

Briggs and Trials of A.B. Original sit in a car, looking at the viewer.
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Indigenous artists A.B. Original to feature on NBA 2K22 soundtrack

The award-winning hip-hop duo is the first Australian act to be included on the game's iconic soundtracks.

Two pastel-toned cartoon characters sit on an outlook near the beach. Image from surf club, an upcoming videogame by Olivia Haines.
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The Australia Council for the Arts wants to fund videogames

The Australia Council's 2021-4 digital culture strategy makes funding videogames a priority, including non-commercial art games.

A screenshot from Akupara Games' Mutazione. An illustrated image of a group of people gathered around, smiling and talking.
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The Indie Houses brings international collaboration to games publishing

The new publishing collective The Indie Houses brings together seven international games publishers with an 'indies for indies' approach. They…

Margot Robbie in Wolf of Wall Street. She is a focus of a new NFSA Aussiewood exhibition.
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NFSA announces new exhibition: Australians & Hollywood

Opening 4 December, NFSA’s Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent and Ambition will celebrate the true stories of…

Heath Ledger from I AM Heath Ledger, available on Fox Docos
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Foxtel launches Fox Docos, a new documentary service

Launching 1 September, Fox Docos will 'unfold the story and enhance audience understanding of our fascinating, ever-changing world,’ says Foxtel's…

No Longer Home, by Humble Grove
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No Longer Home offers a gentle, personal story about adulthood

No Longer Home deals with a familiar form of melancholy with a delicate touch, but sometimes, it borders on insubstantial.

Screenshot from Phantom Abyss by Team WIBY, published by Devolver Digital
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Phantom Abyss is online multiplayer without the scheduling nightmare

Team WIBY's Ben Marrinan explains how they developed Phantom Abyss for a generation who treats games as a digital living…

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