Istanbul Film Festival's co-production, training and networking platform Meetings on the Bridge will continue its activities in the coming period under the co-management of Başak Emre and Pınar Evrenosoğlu.

Başak Emre is a producer and festival director. She served on the executive board of the Ankara Film Festival (1988-1995), worked as the world cinema coordinator for the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2006-2016), and as the artistic director of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2019-2023). She has been the director of the Festival on Wheels since 2000. From 2006 to 2017, she coordinated the Turkish film stands at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice Film Festivals. She has organised Turkish film weeks at major festivals in over 25 countries and has served on juries at international film festivals.

Among the films she worked on as a producer and executive producer are The Confession (2001), Inside (2012), Nausea (2015), and Ember (2016) by Zeki Demirkubuz, Black & White (2010) and The Smell of Money (2018) by Ahmet Boyacıoğlu, and the omnibus film Tales from Kars (2008).

She has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2021 and became a Board Member in 2024. She continues to work as a programme consultant for the Cottbus Film Festival.

Pınar Evrenosoğlu has over 15 years of experience in film festivals, programming, and international event management. She has held various roles, including Film Festival Coordinator at the Festival on Wheels, General Coordinator at the Ankara Cinema Association, and Advisor/Programmer for the International section of the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (2008-2016). As the coordinator of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Turkish film stands at major international festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, and Venice (2008-2016), and as co-director of the Antalya Film Forum (2021-2023), she has developed significant expertise in organising international events.

Since 2016, she has also served as a senior communication expert for the civil society support programmes of the European Union Delegation to Türkiye.