Meetings on the Bridge is âcreating strong female charactersâ The participants in the first talk, involving a group of Dutch professionals Meetings on the Bridge (MoB), the Istanbul Film Festivalâs international co-production, training and networking platform, kicks off its online version today, and it will run until 9 April. The platformâs participating projects have already been announced (see the news) and will be featured in different workshops. Apart from said workshops, MoB is also organising a series of online Cinema Talks. (The article continues below - Commercial information) The topic in focus at this edition is âCreating Strong Female Characters for Films and Seriesâ, and two sessions on this subject will be held, both of which on Monday 5 April. The discussions will aim to effectively change societyâs perception of women and minimise the violence perpetrated against them. MoB believes that such a change is possible if writers are motivated to create multi-dimensional, inspiring, motivational female characters that can change the way women are perceived in Turkey.