FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OYA Black Arts Coalition Featured in Prestigious Publication We are proud to announce that the OYA Black Arts Coalition has been highlighted in a recent feature by a renowned outlet. The article showcases our commitment to nurturing talent and voices in Black production through the OYA Scale Up Business Bootcamp. In its … Read more
Producers Shehrezade Mian and Alexx Bryant led the honourees at the Women in Film & Television Toronto (WIFT Toronto)’s 14th annual Showcase awards. The WIFT Showcase took place on Tuesday (May 9) at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox, and featured eight short films from women and non-binary filmmakers from Canada. The shorts compete between four awards … Read more
We are honoured to be a part of the Blaxpo 2022 Conference in Toronto! This Event is a Hybrid conference to connect, support and provide networking opportunities for the brightest BIPOC talents across canada. Meet with us to learn about what we do and our open positions at OBAC: Designer & Social Media Coordinator Operations … Read more
Toronto, November 30, 2022 – OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC) and the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) have teamed up once again, this time to deliver a new slate of Black Canadian creative talent for the 2023 cohort of OYA Scale Up Immersive, an accelerator dedicated to boosting Black content creators and/or … Read more
“Yolonda and her daughter Charlie are ripped apart by illness, an unjust system, and a failure to face the truth.” Toronto, November 28th, 2022 – OYA Media Group marks the end of Adoption Awareness Month, November 2022, and the observance of World AIDS Day, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, with the award winning film, Promise … Read more
Angelica Babiera from Playback Magazine wrote a piece on our OYA Emerging Filmmaker and Business Bootcamp Alumni Adrian Wallace Selecting him in their [Playback’s] Top 10 ones to watch in 2022! Read the highlight from a great spotlight for a trailblazing black filmmaker. Adrian Wallace knew early on that he wanted to be the change … Read more
