Kino’s AI search engine lets you instantly find specific moments in your video footage using natural language, visual elements, and advanced filters - saving editors hours of manual searching.

Kino search interface showing massive crowds search

Natural language search for 'massive crowds' finds relevant scenes

Search by people

Thanks to person detection, you can filter thousands of hours of footage for specific individuals or groups of people.

Searching for Brian in Kino interface

@'ing Brian returns all footage containing him, plus 'ethernet'

Search modes

Every word spoken in your footage becomes searchable automatically. Find dialogue moments without manually creating transcripts.

Advanced Filtering

Combine search methods for powerful results:

  • Find all clips where “@Sarah mentions quarterly results near whiteboard”
  • Locate “exterior shots of building with people entering during daytime”
  • Filter for “closeup shots with dramatic lighting and minimal dialogue”