The Jay Scott Prize is an annual film award presented by the Toronto Film Critics Association, in conjunction with commercial sponsor Stella Artois, to an emerging talent in the Canadian film industry.
First presented in 2009, the award was named in memory of influential Canadian film critic Jay Scott."Toronto critics name new film award for the late Jay Scott". Edmonton Journal, December 4, 2009. The award has been most commonly presented to film directors, but has also been given to actors; it is generally given to a filmmaker or performer who has achieved a significant career breakthrough in the previous year, but is ultimately given in consideration of the recipient's overall body of work rather than for that specific work.
The winner of the award receives $10,000.
Sponsors From 2009 to 2012, the prize was sponsored by Deluxe. From 2013 to 2015, the prize was sponsored by Scotiabank. As of 2016, the prize is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch InBev, brewers of Stella Artois, and is now known as the Stella Artois Jay Scott Prize.
Winners 2009: Xavier Dolan"Quebec's Xavier Dolan wins $5,000 Toronto film critics prize for emerging talent". Canadian Press, January 6, 2010. 2010: Daniel Cockburn"Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2011. 2011: Ingrid Veninger"Toronto critics give laurel to Falardeau". The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2012. 2012: Nicolás Pereda"Sarah Polley's family doc 'Stories We Tell' nabs $100,000 film prize". Canadian Press, January 8, 2013. 2013: Matt Johnson"Critics pick documentary Watermark as best Canadian film of 2013". Toronto Star, January 8, 2014. 2014: Albert Shin"Toronto Critics name Enemy the best Canadian film of the year". The Globe and Mail, January 8, 2015. 2015: Anne Émond"Cinematic celebrations: The Toronto Film Critics Association awards toast Canadian film's brightest talents". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 2016. 2016: Ashley McKenzie"N.S. filmmaker named 'emerging artist'". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 12, 2017. 2017: Sofia Bohdanowicz 2018: Molly McGlynn"Anthropocene claims top Canadian honours at TFCA annual gala". Playback, January 9, 2019. 2019: Deragh Campbell"Toronto film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'". 660 News, January 9, 2020. 2020: Kelly Fyffe-MarshallEtan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2021. 2021: Bretten Hannam 2022: Carol Nguyen 2023: Ariane Louis-SeizeKelly Townsend, "In Brief: TFCA awards Luminary prize to Charles Officer". Playbacl, January 25, 2024. 2024: J StevensNicholas Sokic, "TFCA to honour Tonya Williams, J Stevens at awards gala". Playback, January 28, 2025. 2025: Xiaodan HeAndrew Tracy, "TFCA names Emerging Artist, Luminary award winners". Playback, January 20, 2026.
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