Mal Ward Supports Emerging Talent As YDA Chair

We’re proud to share that Arts & Sciences Partner & Managing Director Mal Ward has been named Jury Chair for YDA 2026, one of the industry’s most respected awards celebrating emerging filmmaking talent.

A longstanding advocate for new voices, Mal looks forward to championing the next generation of directors:

“To me, the YDA has always been the standard bearer for showcasing the most exciting emerging talent the world over. And the fact that it’s in Cannes, where the best work in the world is honoured, only serves to set the highest bar possible. This show’s importance to the advertising community cannot be understated. One of the truths that inspires and motivates me is that, despite the myriad of changes our industry has – and is – going through, the passion and desire for new talent and new voices never wanes. We crave it and need it to always be pushing the craft, in whatever form it takes, forward.”

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