The Dress
TITLE
The Dress
DIRECTOR
Tadeusz Łysiak
COUNTRY
Poland
YEAR
2020
DURATION
30′
GENRE
Live Action
Overview

The Dress
Lust, sexuality and physicality. These are the deepest desires virgin Julia suppresses while working at a wayside motel. That is until she crosses paths with a handsome truck driver, who soon becomes the object of her fantasies...

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Tadeusz Łysiak
Director Tadeusz Lysiak, born 1993, is a graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw and graduate of Directing at the Warsaw Film School in Poland. Tadeusz is the director of two award-winning short films: TECHNO (with over 1 million views on YouTube) starring actors Leszek Abrahamowicz, Danuta Stenka, Michalina Olszańska and THE DRESS starring Anna Dzieduszycka, Dorota Pomykala, Szymon Piotr Warszawski. THE DRESS has been awarded 17 times including Best Narrative Short Award at Atlanta Film Festival and Best Student Fiction Film at the 2021 In The Palace International Short Film Festival; two Oscar qualifying awards. His films have been selected to almost 60 top film festivals all over the world, including: EnergaCAMERIMAGE, HollyShorts, LA Shorts, Moscow IFF, San Diego, Odense, Flicker’s Rhode Island, Krakow Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival. Tadeusz was also featured in the 2020 Generation NEXT of European Cinema within Eastern Promises at the Karlovy Vary Festival and he is the winner of the Discovering Eye Award, an award given to young talented filmmakers at the Polish Film Festival in Chicago. Tadeusz is currently working on his full feature debut, a drama-thriller with a big production company attached to the project.
Credits
- Director Tadeusz Łysiak
- Screenplay Tadeusz Łysiak
- Cinematography Konrad Bloch
- Editing Mariusz Gos
- Cast Anna Dzieduszycka, Dorota Pomykala, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Andrzej Glazer
- Producer/s Maciej Slesicki
- Production Company Dobro, Warszawska Szkola Filmowa
- Distributor/s The Animation Showcase
Specifications
- Project Title The Dress
- Project Type Live Action
- Completion Date June 2, 2020
- Country of origin Poland
- Country of filming Poland
- Language Polish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No

Tadeusz Łysiak
Director Tadeusz Lysiak, born 1993, is a graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw and graduate of Directing at the Warsaw Film School in Poland. Tadeusz is the director of two award-winning short films: TECHNO (with over 1 million views on YouTube) starring actors Leszek Abrahamowicz, Danuta Stenka, Michalina Olszańska and THE DRESS starring Anna Dzieduszycka, Dorota Pomykala, Szymon Piotr Warszawski. THE DRESS has been awarded 17 times including Best Narrative Short Award at Atlanta Film Festival and Best Student Fiction Film at the 2021 In The Palace International Short Film Festival; two Oscar qualifying awards. His films have been selected to almost 60 top film festivals all over the world, including: EnergaCAMERIMAGE, HollyShorts, LA Shorts, Moscow IFF, San Diego, Odense, Flicker’s Rhode Island, Krakow Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival. Tadeusz was also featured in the 2020 Generation NEXT of European Cinema within Eastern Promises at the Karlovy Vary Festival and he is the winner of the Discovering Eye Award, an award given to young talented filmmakers at the Polish Film Festival in Chicago. Tadeusz is currently working on his full feature debut, a drama-thriller with a big production company attached to the project.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Academy Awards
Nominee for Best Live Action Short Film, 2022

Tirana International Film Festival
Special Screening, 2022