As a filmmaker, I often wonder which GenAI models to use.

There's so many models, tons of hype marketing, and too many updates. It makes it impossible to understand the pros and cons of each model.

Cinemodels is an independent, no‑hype benchmarking website for generative video models. It's built by filmmakers, for filmmakers. Think - camera tests, but for AI models.

Cinemodels is built with the following principles:

• Transparency: Full parameters published & publish all outputs (no pick and choosing the best outputs)
• A part of AI is luck: Attempt at least 9 seeds/attempts per prompt
• No biases: No sponsorships from any model companies
• Qualitative over quantitative: There are great benchmarks that capture the qualitative aspects of AI models. The focus here is how the models perform as an artistic tool.

Brought to you by cinematographer, Koh Terai and the Martini team.