🎟️ Grab your Popcorn and your Passes – TIFF Season is Here! 🍿 TIFF season is our favourite season. It’s that time of year when we get to see our OBAC alumni and mentors bring some serious heat to the big screen. As the Toronto International Film Festival approaches, we’re buzzing with excitement to share … Read more
OYA Media Group debuts the Chloe Cooley Heritage Minute, produced in partnership with Historica Canada. This first ever Canadian heritage content, depicting and acknowledging slavery in Canada, tells the story of Chloe Cooley who was enslaved by the Vrooman family in former Upper Canada, now South Western Ontario. This important and under known moment of … Read more
Oya Black Arts Coalition (OBAC) is a non-profit organization based in Toronto, that focuses on supporting Black Emerging Filmmakers and Black Entrepreneurs striving to make a difference in the film, entertainment and digital media industry. OBAC is built on four pillars: Employment, Skill Enhancement, Experimentation and Entrepreneurship. These four pillars help to keep our vibrant … Read more
Reel Black: Our Film stories was selected as the best Short Documentary at the annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival in toronto! This film was a project created by our OYA Emerging Filmmakers Program Alumni’s Ayan Tani, Emeraude Domingos-Mbuku, Tristen Sutherland. Watch it on CBC Gem “In an exploration of Black Canadian filmmaking, emerging filmmakers Christian … Read more
Our Scale Up Immersive Program is starting the year strong with our Speakers & Panelists for the second session of the program. Young Guru Grammy Nominated Sound Engineer for Roc-A-Fella Records Revered as “The Sound of New York,” Young Guru possesses over a decade of experience in sound engineering, production, and A&R for the acclaimed … Read more
Toronto, June 21, 2023 – OYA Black Arts Coalition, a leading organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Black artists and cultural initiatives, extends heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Notisha Massaquoi, the Founding Board Chair of OYA, for being honored with the Women of Distinction Award under the Health sector by YWCA Toronto. The prestigious Women of … Read more
