Jay Scott Prize


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. The award has been most commonly presented to film directors, but has also on one occasion to date been presented to an actor.
The award presents CAD5,000 to the winner.

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