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There are two Cannes. One is the Festival de Cannes — juried, curated, the red carpet and the Palme d'Or, an institution that decides what screens and what doesn't, and which has explicitly refused to admit wholesale AI-generated features into its official selection. The other is the Marché du Film and the swarm of private industry events orbiting it: a commercial bazaar where anyone with a budget can book a screening in the city of Cannes during festival weeks. The first is an honor bestowed. The second is a room you rent.

Hell Grind lived entirely in that second world — a private preview on May 16, a market screening on May 21, hosted with an outfit called Goldfinch. More on this at The Spinoza Journal

All 9 models ranked across the same metrics. GPT Image 2 & Nano Banana Pro tied for the 1st position. Grok Imagine is the lowest on the list but still serves a very important purpose which no other model does.

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