Smoluk became the youngest filmmaker ever to be selected to the
National Screen Institute(NSI) of Canada's Features First Program. NSI
is the Canada's oldest recognized film and television training school.
Smoluk studied Theatre on a scholarship at The British American Drama
Academy at Oxford University.
After producing and directing several stage productions, Smoluk made
his debut feature film, "Horse Thieves". Completed on a shoestring
budget, the film was a surprise winner of the Audience Choice Award at
the 2005 Winnipeg International Film Festival.
His second feature film, "Foodland" was acquired by Super Channel and
Shaw Communications.
Super Channel, Canada's only national English pay television network,
premiered Foodland in October 2011. The network profiled the film in
the Super Channel Gems selections for critically acclaimed independent
films.
Foodland premiered on the Independent Film Channel(IFC) in March 2014.